Transfigure - English meaning

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Usage examples:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

Usage examples:

Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

verb

Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Usage examples:

Both parties voted against proposals to change the law

noun

An act or process through which something becomes different.

Usage examples:

The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society

verb

Change the form, character, or function of something.

Usage examples:

Modernization has converted the country from a primitive society to a near-industrial one

noun

A person who has been persuaded to change their religious faith or other belief.

Usage examples:

He is a recent convert to the church

verb

To change the character, appearance, or operation of something

Usage examples:

[ t ] we converted our oil furnace to gas to save money., [ i ] most of the families in the communi…

verb

(of an insect or amphibian) undergo metamorphosis, especially into the adult form.

Usage examples:

Feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults

verb

To change into a completely different form or type

Usage examples:

The awkward boy i knew had metamorphosed into a tall, confident man.

verb

Make partial or minor changes to (something).

Usage examples:

She may be prepared to modify her views

verb

To change something slightly, esp. to improve it or make it more acceptable or less extreme

Usage examples:

The school board decided to modify its existing employment policy.

verb

To slightly change something such as a plan, method, or law, usually to improve it or make it more acceptable

Usage examples:

All files are marked with the date and time they were last modified., we modified some of the wordi…

verb

Change in form or nature.

Usage examples:

Rhythm and blues mutated into rock and roll

verb

To become changed as a result of mutation

verb

Change the position of.

Usage examples:

She rearranged her skirt as she sat back in her chair

verb

To change the order, position, or time of arrangements already made

Usage examples:

Our bedrooms are so small we can’t rearrange the furniture., [ c ] there was a last-minute rearrang…

verb

Build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed.

Usage examples:

After the earthquake people set about rebuilding their homes

noun

An instance of rebuilding.

Usage examples:

The trust have recognized the hard work of all who were involved in this daunting rebuild

verb

To build something again that has been damaged or destroyed

Usage examples:

[ t ] the historic building was completely rebuilt after it had burned down., [ i ] the company is …

verb

Give (a metal object) a different form by melting it down and reshaping it.

Usage examples:

In 1919, the bells were recast

verb

To change the form of something, or to change an actor in a play or film

Usage examples:

She recast her novel as a musical comedy., in despair, the theatre director recast the leading role.

verb

Build or form (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed.

Usage examples:

A small area of painted roman plaster has been reconstructed

verb

To build or create again something that has been damaged or destroyed

Usage examples:

Detectives tried to reconstruct the crime by comparing all the statements of the eyewitnesses.

verb

To build something again after it has been damaged or destroyed

Usage examples:

This was a failed attempt to reconstruct their business operations., they plan to use income from t…

verb

Do (something) again or differently.

Usage examples:

A whole day's work has to be redone

noun

A redecoration of a room or building.

Usage examples:

A total redo of the second floor shopping concourse

verb

To do something again

Usage examples:

These new measurements mean that i'll have to redo the calculations., we spent €5,000 redoing the k…

verb

Change the structure or form of (something, especially a building).

Usage examples:

The station was remodelled and enlarged in 1927

verb

To give a new shape or form to something, esp. a room or house

Usage examples:

[ t ] we remodeled the kitchen.

verb

To change the design and appearance of a building in order to make it more modern and attractive

Usage examples:

The warehouse is being cleaned and will be remodeled into 20 lofts., a new management team was brou…

verb

Resume (an activity) after an interruption.

Usage examples:

The parents renewed their campaign to save the school

verb

Change the way in which (something) is organized.

Usage examples:

We have to reorganize the entire workload

verb

To organize something differently

Usage examples:

[ i ] after the battle, the platoon reorganized on the edge of the town., [ t ] the irs has propose…

verb

To change the way in which something such as a company is organized, in order to improve it

Usage examples:

He hired turnaround specialists to help reorganize the company., they announced that they would cut…

verb

Shape or form (something) differently or again.

Usage examples:

The decrees will thoroughly reshape poland's economy

verb

To change the character or organization of something

Usage examples:

Baby boomers continue to reshape society as they age., governments have sought to reduce or reshape…

verb

To make an organization, industry, system, etc. operate differently

Usage examples:

The company will have to lose jobs to reshape the business., the proposal is an effort to reshape h…

verb

Change (something) radically or fundamentally.

Usage examples:

This fabulous new theory will revolutionize the whole of science

verb

Make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of.

Usage examples:

Lasers have transformed cardiac surgery

noun

The product of a transformation.

Usage examples:

In the bottom portion of the figure, the logarithmic transform of power is presented.

verb

To change completely the appearance or character of something or someone

Usage examples:

Computers have transformed the way work is done., salinas dramatically transformed the country’s ec…

verb

Transform in a surprising or magical manner.

Usage examples:

His home was transmogrified into a hippy crash pad

verb

Change in form, nature, or substance.

Usage examples:

The raw material of his experience was transmuted into stories

verb

To change something completely, especially into something different and better

Usage examples:

A few centuries ago alchemists thought they could transmute lead into gold., plutonium transmutes i…

verb

Differ in size, amount, degree, or nature from something else of the same general class.

Usage examples:

The properties vary in price