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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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Recent Examples of metamorphoses
Noun
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metamorphoses
  1. transformations
  2. transforms
  3. conversions
  4. converts
Noun
  • More research has been focused on looking into how transformations like these impact our chances of developing neurodegenerative diseases like dementia.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Yet even overwhelming military victories are not easy to convert into enduring social and political transformations.
    — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of transformations
Verb
  • Bobby’s color palette is bizarre, and her idea of a sash that transforms into a shawl scarf is really cool but executed poorly.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The immersive musical transforms the theater into a swinging nightclub, where Jordan plays a version of himself telling the story of Darin’s meteoric rise from teen idol to global sensation.
    — Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of transforms
Noun
  • Its retirement toolkit includes calculators for estimating monthly retirement income, comparing the tax impact of different withdrawal strategies and evaluating Roth conversions.
    — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
  • File metadata can disappear during format conversions, screenshots, or re-saving.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of conversions
Verb
  • Beta-carotene, found in orange and yellow vegetables like carrots and pumpkin, is a good example—the body converts it to vitamin A, and that conversion becomes more efficient once the vegetable’s cell walls have broken down.
    — Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The company has filed with the FCC for authorization to deploy up to one million satellites supporting the initiative, which converts a grid-interconnection problem into a launch-cadence problem.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
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