morph

verb

Definition of morphnext
as in to transform
to take on a different shape, appearance, or state When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly.

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Recent Examples of morph The building morphed first into a church, then a community center. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 This project has morphed into something that is a musical/concert performance piece. — Peter White, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 After that, the show was displaced when Oxygen morphed into a true-crime cable outlet. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 The camaraderie morphed into friendship, and changed how Truncale approaches such gatherings. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for morph
Recent Examples of Synonyms for morph
  1. transform
  2. mutate
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  • David Roche, a veteran strategist at Quantum Strategy & Geonomics, said the Arctic's importance lies less in its potential to transform global shipping than in the deepening economic dependence between Russia and China.
    — Lee Ying Shan,Matthew Tan, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Her refusal to be silent enabled her to transform her personal story into a global movement for justice.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of transform
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  • Bobby remained on the trial for 29 weeks before his cancer mutated and began to evade the treatment.
    — STAT Staff, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In mink, the dairy strain of bird flu may have found a much better host for mutating into a human flu, because mink airways have an abundance of the type of cell receptors in people’s throats and noses that are a common pathway for infection.
    — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026
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“Morph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morph. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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