metamorphosis
/met-uh-MOR-fuh-siss/nouna complete change of form or nature
“The warehouse district's metamorphosis into galleries took a decade.”
- Synonyms
- transformation, mutation, change
- Antonyms
- stasis
- Root
- morph- (form)
- Memory hook
- meta (change) + morph (form): a change of form.
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