noun
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a radical transformation (= a complete change in appearance, especially when this is an improvement )
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The city has undergone a radical transformation.
undergo a transformation (= change completely )
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After the accident, his personality underwent a complete transformation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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complete
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Tongue-and-groove panelling will make a complete transformation: stain it, varnish it or paint it.
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We've been told our island is ideal for a complete transformation of its approach to agriculture.
dramatic
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All around me, as this was going on, dramatic personal transformations were taking place.
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It is rare for a person to undergo a dramatic transformation in his political thinking, but it does happen.
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With the help of cosmetic surgery she undergoes a dramatic transformation to re-emerge as Silver.
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And, in Coconut Grove, I always underwent a dramatic transformation from nail-polishing stewardess to a freer, more questioning self.
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After the larvae pupate, they undergo the dramatic transformations into the adult that constitutes metamorphosis.
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This spray is the most exciting because a dramatic transformation usually occurs just before the oven is opened.
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Now comes the first of two highly dramatic transformations .
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It was a dramatic transformation , from society hostess to Democratic Party power broker.
economic
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The spread of nationalism into rural areas also reflected the economic transformation that had taken place since 1967.
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Women played a central role in the economic transformations .
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Northern Ireland is sharing in the economic transformation of the United Kingdom as a result of Conservative policies.
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Most post-independence governments had, at one level, a commitment to an economic transformation with several components.
fundamental
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There is now a widespread view that trade unionism is caught up in a fundamental transformation .
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In other words, they were well on their way to making the fundamental transformation required.
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Capitalism may be perceived as unfair, and needing reform, but it is also perceived as incapable of fundamental transformation .
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Changing the gender order Real progress requires a fundamental transformation in our social arrangements.
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First, transitions in post-communist countries will probably be accompanied by attempts at fundamental transformation of the economic system.
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The increasingly pluralistic nature of our society means that politics are, in any case, undergoing fundamental transformation .
general
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Under a general transformation does not change; in the new coordinates.
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Equations between tensors have the property that they remain valid under the general transformations between Gaussian coordinate systems in curved space-time.
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Therefore physical laws when expressed in terms of tensors will retain their form under these general transformations , in particular under changes to accelerating frames.
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The method for recasting all space-time derivatives so that they are all tensors under general coordinate transformations is described in Chapter 6.
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The resulting tensor equation is automatically valid under all general transformations .
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Under a general transformation which demonstrates that this tensor is the same in all frames.
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In Chapter 5 we discovered that physical laws expressed as tensor equations automatically retain their form under general transformations .
great
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Now it will have to withstand still another great transformation .
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A great transformation in world history is creating a new economic, social, and political order.
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And like that great transformation , it has radical consequences for the relations between work and capital.
major
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This marked a major transformation in railway-company thinking.
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Those who benefit from the way the world is now arranged do not yearn for major transformations .
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Such a major transformation is highly unlikely.
political
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The political transformation of Britain was dramatic.
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The man has undergone a mind-bending political transformation .
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Ultimately, it depends on one's view of the potential of law to achieve social and political transformation .
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Her story received enormous media coverage, perhaps because many people were fascinated with this incredible tale of political transformations .
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An exciting new prospect of political transformation was opened up.
profound
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A profound transformation took place, one which was far from obvious to the casual outside observer.
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Becoming a manager required a profound psychological adjustment-a transformation .
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In short, the commercialization of the Internet promises to produce profound transformation of business and economic forces in the global marketplace.
radical
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You believe that artistic expression involves some kind of radical transformation .
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I was privileged to use the leadership principles Chuck Yeager describes in leading radical transformations in four major Air Force organizations.
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By the Elizabethan age, the love story of Troilus and Cressida had undergone a radical transformation .
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Attempts are made to assuage fears that a revolutionary or radical transformation of skills and learning will take place.
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But the public face of museums - particularly science museums - has undergone a radical transformation .
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These estimates suggest a sudden, huge growth in applications using multimedia, perhaps foreshadowing radical transformations of information media more generally.
rapid
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The superiority of the capitalist mode of production led to a rapid transformation of the structure of society.
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Over a period of just months I was witness to the rapid transformation of a group of peasant women into industrial workers.
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From the autumn of 1916 the politics of the war underwent a series of rapid transformations .
remarkable
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These two forests have therefore survived into the twentieth century by a remarkable process of transformation .
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The key to the success of the play was the remarkable transformation Penn was able to facilitate in Fuller.
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This is not to underestimate the remarkable transformation taking place in Belgrade.
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But what brought about this remarkable transformation ?
similar
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If in C a unit occurs at a position x, it can not be removed by a similar transformation .
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Even elements of the press are going through a similar transformation .
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Many kinds of butterflies and moths perform similar startling transformations .
social
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Under his benign regime, Thatcherism as a model of social transformation will continue to work its way through the system.
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Such a step allows development of theory which can explain social transformation in terms of unitary types of activity. 2.
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The book has been hailed as a benchmark in the debate on communication and social transformation .
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Ultimately, it depends on one's view of the potential of law to achieve social and political transformation .
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Indeed; for Morris and other Marxists the nature of work necessarily changes in the process of social transformation .
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What Simmel accomplishes is a realization of the inseparability of the positive and negative consequences of these social transformations .
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Social conflict is endemic in capitalist societies until social transformation creates conditions for greater justice and equality.
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Thus, it stands in an interim, compromise position along the road to social transformation .
■ VERB
achieve
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Ultimately, it depends on one's view of the potential of law to achieve social and political transformation .
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Given these beliefs, it followed that social change and social improvement could be achieved only by a transformation of the economy.
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To achieve this transformation from the status of unwelcome stranger to that of fictive kinsman calls for great tact and patience.
begin
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So, aged twenty, I finally left Kerry for London to begin my transformation into a man.
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Thus began my transformation from tomboy to stereotypically feminine woman.
bring
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Two other factors seem to have played a part in bringing about a subtle transformation of the Arnoldian message.
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Among peo-ple working to bring about an ecological-postmodern transformation , story is often employed to good effect.
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One way is by bringing about a once-and-for-all transformation in the structure and strategy of a business unit.
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But what brought about this remarkable transformation ?
describe
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There are excellent plans on the wall as you enter, describing its transformation from some early kitchens.
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Bäcklund transformations can also be described as double-Harrison transformations, or as quadruple-Neugebauer transformations.
follow
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These characteristics are egocentrism, centration, a lack of reversibility, and the inability to follow transformations .
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It follows that these transformations on their own can not be used to generate genuinely non-colinear solutions from colinear ones.
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A child must attain reversibility, learn to decenter perceptions, and be able to follow transformations .
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The inability of the preoperational child to follow transformations inhibits the development of logic in thought.
involve
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It involves transformation of data so that they are reported at a comparable geographical scale, projection and set of geographical units.
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He or she can solve problems involving concrete transformations and is aware of, and understands, the relationship between successive steps.
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As we have seen, this involves maturity transformation .
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This is one of the key issues involved in the transformation of economic growth into general development.
lead
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The transformation of the problematic does not necessarily lead to a transformation of the form of validity of knowledge.
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I was privileged to use the leadership principles Chuck Yeager describes in leading radical transformations in four major Air Force organizations.
require
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We may have a theoretical reason for believing that the variable we are studying will require a particular transformation .
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Because the move to management requires transformation , though, no easy answers or quick fixes are provided.
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Turning the learning organisation from a concept into a source of competitive advantage requires organisational transformation .
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The steps required for this mental transformation of ourselves are very clearly defined in the esoteric system we are discussing.
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It requires a genuine transformation or, perhaps, convergence.
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Changing the gender order Real progress requires a fundamental transformation in our social arrangements.
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Matlashewski has described two groups of genes that are required in the morphological transformation of normal primary cells invitro.
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The metric tensor requires one transformation for each of its indices.
undergo
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Indeed food manufacture as a whole underwent a transformation .
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It is rare for a person to undergo a dramatic transformation in his political thinking, but it does happen.
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They grow by a series of moults but never pass through a pupal stage or undergo transformation .
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The man has undergone a mind-bending political transformation .
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Since those heady days the bar and its clientele have undergone a transformation .
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And, in Coconut Grove, I always underwent a dramatic transformation from nail-polishing stewardess to a freer, more questioning self.
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Around it, the society of a recovering Sussex was undergoing considerable transformation .
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Since Bill Clinton took office, Hillary has undergone as many role transformations as her husband has ideological reincarnations.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her friends and neighbors watched her transformation from shy local girl to famous movie actress.
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It is rare for a person to undergo a dramatic transformation in his political thinking, but it does happen.
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The transformation of the Inner Harbor included new office buildings, and a marketplace of small shops and food stalls.
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The last great overall transformation in American business took place between 1890 and 1910, when the modern corporation was forged.
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Today, spruced-up Times Square is in the midst of a surprising transformation into a family-oriented entertainment center.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, it may be some time before the transformation shows itself in bottom-line profits.
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I see a transformation taking place.
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The intermarriage rate is only one symptom of that transformation .
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The rule of the transformation is to attach to the key that which was unattached and viceversa.