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noun

plural of metamorphosis

as in transformations

a change in form, appearance, or use the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies the metamorphosis of the abandoned factory into a mixed-use property

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verb

present tense third-person singular of metamorphose

as in transforms

to change in form, appearance, or use a science fiction story in which radiation metamorphoses people into giant bugs

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This Pulitzer-winning neo-slave narrative reimagines the Underground Railroad as a real subterranean network, in a Sisyphean allegory that illustrates the relentless metamorphoses of white supremacy and Black resistance. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 July 2026 His fingerprints are all over the 21st-century Big Inventive Novel, with its sentient raindrops (Elif Shafak), its melodramatic families (Kiran Desai), its metamorphoses of race (Mohsin Hamid) and history (Marlon James). — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025 My son had to work to follow Jack’s metamorphoses, to track the relationship between the spells and their consequences. — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

Verb

The Tale of Genji ’s early chapters are rooted in fairy-tale monogatari, but the book soon metamorphoses into its own strange thing, a courtly romance that follows Prince Genji over his half century of life, and then, after Genji’s death, takes up the lives of the next generation. — Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025

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Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong and a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
The images also provide clues into the transformations and collisions that shape galaxies, such as waves of stellar births and supermassive black holes.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of transformations

Verb

An episode of septicemia, with its hells and paradises, its nightmares and hallucinations, transforms Borges into a story writer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
How this potent mix of pollutants transforms over time and distance is a complex puzzle.

— Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of transforms

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Next happiest to see someone of Murray’s throwing and scrambling ability would be a defense tired of getting short breaks from an offense ranked last in third-down conversions.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Those include both new jobs and conversions from existing jobs.

— Diana Olick, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of conversions

Verb

The software converts PDFs into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text, HTML, PNG, and JPG files.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Such metals are commonly used as industrial catalysts today—and all occur in the minerals of hydrothermal vents, where a process called serpentinization converts igneous rocks from volcanism to metamorphic rocks.

— Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

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