English Explanatory Dictionary

transformative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change
  2. 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.

Pronunciation

/trɑːnsˈfɔːmətɪv/ /tɹæns-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transformative.wav /tɹænsˈfɔɹmətɪv/ [-ɾɪv] en-us-transformative.ogg

Word forms

transformative more transformative most transformative

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

transformatory transmutative

Antonyms

nontransformative

Related words

transform transformable transformance transformant transformation transformational transformator transformatory transformed transformer transformerless transforming transformism transformist

Derived words

biotransformative nontransformative transformative action transformative economics transformative justice transformative learning transformatively transformative planning transformative research transformativity
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