(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
To ~ something into something else means to change or convert it into that thing.
Your metabolic rate is the speed at which your body ~s food into energy...
Delegates also discussed ~ing them from a guerrilla force into a regular army.
VERB: V n into n, V n from n into n, also V n
~ation (~ations)
Norah made plans for the ~ation of an attic room into a study...
Chemical ~ations occur.
N-VAR: usu with supp
2.
To ~ something or someone means to change them completely and suddenly so that they are much better or more attractive.
The Minister said the Urban Development Corporation was now ~ing the area...
He said she had ~ed him from a hard-drinking womaniser into a devoted husband and father.
VERB: V n, V n from n into n, also V n into n
~ation
In the last five years he’s undergone a personal ~ation.
N-VAR: usu with supp