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transformative
- /trɑːnsˈfɔːmətɪv/ UK
- /tɹæns-/ UK
- /tɹænsˈfɔɹmətɪv/ US
- [-ɾɪv] US
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From Medieval Latin transformātīvus (“transformative”), from Latin trānsfōrmātus (“transformed”) + -īvus (suffix attached to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming deverbal adjectives meaning ‘doing or related to doing [the verb]’). Trānsfōrmātus is the perfect passive participle of trānsfōrmō (“to transform”), from trāns- (prefix meaning ‘across; beyond; through’) + fōrmō (“to fashion, form, format, shape”) (from fōrma (“appearance, figure, form, shape”); further etymology unknown, perhaps related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a form, shape”)). The English word is analysable as transform + -ative.
adjective more transformative · most transformative
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That causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change
"You'll know the transformative effect that the Metro has had on the whole of Tyneside," says NCC [Northumberland County Council] leader Peter Jackson. "This new passenger line will have the same effect on southeast Northumberland. It's a transformative project and we're going to make sure it happen
Similar: transformatory, transmutative · Opposite: nontransformative
- Chiefly in transformative-generative: of or relating to a theory of generative grammar in which defined operations called transformations produce new sentences from existing ones; transformational.
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Closest in meaning: transformational, transformation, transformer, alteration, conversion, processed, processing, adaptation, manufacturing, depth, processor, downstream, evolutionary, processors, transformations, impactful
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adj that causes transformation
| Español | transformativo |
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| Français | transformateur |
| Deutsch | transformativ |
| Italiano | trasformativo |
| Ελληνικά | μεταμορφωτικός metamorfotikós |
adj of or relating to a theory of generative grammar in which defined operations called transformations produce new sentences from existing ones — see also transfor
| Русский | преврати́тельный prevratítelʹnyj |
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