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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
  • 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
  • The space also transforms to help travelers get the most out of their trip.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Indonesian botanical preservation artist Bunga Vidanska transforms real orchids, plumeria and other plants into statement jewelry and hair accessories.
    — Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of transforms
Noun
  • Because a large Roth conversion in one year can temporarily increase your MAGI to trigger IRMAA later, consider spreading out conversions over multiple years to keep your income below the threshold.
    — Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
  • These landowners, largely in the Central Valley and the Central Coast, would no longer have to pay fees for the conversions.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of conversions
Verb
  • That converts execution from brittle screen-scraping into a clean engineering problem.
    — Oleg Nesterov, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Munoz says experimenting with those videos and learning what converts viewers into customers helped turn social commerce into her biggest source of creator income.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of converts

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