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say it: tran-SFAWRM
transform is a verb meaning "subject to a mathematical transformation". It is pronounced /tɹænˈsfɔɹm/ — tran-SFAWRM. It carries 7 recorded senses.
subject to a mathematical transformation
change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
“This experience transformed her completely”
“She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture”
“transubstantiate one element into another”
change in outward structure or looks
“He transformed into a monster”
“The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle”
change from one form or medium into another
“Braque translated collage into oil”
change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
biology
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for transform come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.