transform

transform into (someone or something)

1. To undergo a change or conversion into someone or something with a markedly or drastically different appearance, form, nature, or function. The caterpillar transforms into a butterfly after pupating in a chrysalis. Tom was quite the anxious introvert during high school, but he transformed into a self-confident and gregarious young man during college. The chemical reaction causes the solution to transform into a solid.
2. To cause someone or something to undergo such a change or conversion. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "transform" and "into." The engine transforms the combustion of fuel into mechanical energy that propels the machine forward. The years spent working on Wall Street transformed Sarah into a cunning and ruthless businesswoman.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

transform someone or something (from someone or something) (in)to someone or something

to change someone or something from someone or something into someone or something else. Time had transformed gangly little Rachel into a lovely young woman. Manners transformed Tom from a pest into a prince.
See also: transform
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • transform into (someone or something)
  • transform to
  • metamorphose into
  • change over
  • be replaced by (someone or something)
  • be replaced with (someone or something)
  • rot away at (someone or something)
  • that was then, and this is now
  • How old are you?
  • automatic
References in classic literature
The bourgeois clap-trap about the family and education, about the hallowed co-relation of parent and child, becomes all the more disgusting, the more, by the action of Modern Industry, all family ties among the proletarians are torn asunder, and their children transformed into simple articles of commerce and instruments of labour.
Communist Manifesto
Whyre, a technology start-up based in Singapore, has launched Argon Transform, the world's first dual-camera Augmented Reality attachment designed to make any motorcycle helmet smart and interactive.
Whyre introduces Argon Transform
These parts transform the blue line you drew for a waterfall, into an actually detailed, photorealistic waterfall.
Nvidia's new AI turns your lame doodle into a masterpiece
Transform is the final puzzle piece to the Shorecrest campus based in St.
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Across southern Taiwan, bus shelters, a bridge, and bikeways have been transformed into 'street art galleries,' according to Pingtung County Government.
Pingtung in southern Taiwan turns city into 'street art galleries'
After transformation and quantization, the quantized transform coefficients can be obtained.
Video Coding Algorithm Based on High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) and Hybrid Transforms
* Sending a signaling bit indicating the type of the transform (DCT or Haar).
Combined DCT-Haar Transforms for Image Compression
Section 2 is devoted to the construction of a Radon-type transform arising in PAT with circular detectors.
Inversion Formula for a Radon-Type Transform Arising in Photoacoustic Tomography with Circular Integrating Detectors
Our proposals are bold and I'm sure not everyone will agree with them - but they are driven by what is in the best interests of pupils, teachers and parents and I believe they will, over time, transform our education system.
We must be bold to reform schools
In Earlier days, Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) was the most powerful and popular method of transform coding for compressing the image.
A review of image compression based on transform coding
In this paper, we propose a method for resolving overlapping signals based on Fourier transform and inverse Fourier transform.
Overlapping Signal Separation Method Using Superresolution Technique Based on Experimental Echo Shape
The special affine Fourier transform (SAFT) [3, 4], also known as the offset linear canonical transform [5, 6] or the inhomogeneous canonical transform [5], is a six-parameter (a, b, c, d, [u.sub.0], [w.sub.0]) class of linear integral transform.
Poisson Summation Formulae Associated with the Special Affine Fourier Transform and Offset Hilbert Transform
The inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) block provides the inverse Fourier transform of X(k) providing the OFDM modulated signal vector x(k) of dimension N also referred to as the OFDM frame at the output that is inputted to the parallel to serial converter block.
Transform Methods for the Reduction of the Peak to Average Power Ratio for the OFDM Signal
This is a pilgrimage that is characterized by constant hope for a transformed world of justice and peace and a commitment to renewal in Christ.
Transforming discipleship
Synopsis: "Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools: The Next Step in PLCs" offers a practical, comprehensive model of effective professional learning communities.
Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools