Definition of Transform

Transform

To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.

To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.

To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.

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Transform Quotations

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
Maya Angelou

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
Coco Chanel

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.
Napoleon Hill

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso

The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
Rainer Maria Rilke

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
Bob Hope

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.
Maria Montessori

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
Hermann Hesse

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
Charles de Gaulle

I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.
Charlize Theron

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
Kofi Annan

We don't need to fundamentally transform America. We need to restore America.
Sarah Palin

Such a faith would be fatal to my reason, to my liberty, and even to the success of my undertakings; it would immediately transform me into a stupid slave, an instrument of the will and interests of others.
Mikhail Bakunin

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
Madame de Stael

Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge.
Richard Wagner

Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.
Roy Lichtenstein

Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.
Franz Liszt

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
Barbara de Angelis

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.
Madeleine Albright

When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.
Deng Xiaoping

Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.
Natalie Wood

The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief.
Jacques Ellul

It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans to drive down the deficit and transform our economy.
David Cameron

If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the capacity to receive, to utilize, to store, to transform, and to transmit information.
Dee Hock

I'm nutty for nutrition. I've become one of those people who can't stop talking about the connection between food and health. Now that I know how much changing what you eat can transform your life, I can't stop proselytizing.
Robin Quivers

Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.
David Rockefeller

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.
Ben Okri

We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system.
Donna Shalala

The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.
Manmohan Singh

The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life.
Georg Simmel

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Transform Translations

transform in Dutch is vervormen
transform in German is umformen, umsetzen, umspannen, transformieren
transform in Hungarian is transzform
transform in Italian is convertire, commutare, alterare
transform in Portuguese is transforme
transform in Spanish is alterar, transmutar, transformar

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