transformative
adjective
trans·for·ma·tive
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Definition of transformative
: causing or able to cause an important and lasting change in someone or something
a transformative experience And she'll tell anyone who asks about her transformative weeks working for UNICEF in Congo and Cambodia.— S. L. Price It is increasingly hard to escape the conclusion that American politics has entered one of those rare transformative moments that shape the content of our public discourse and the direction of our governance for generations.— Doug Ireland
Examples of transformative in a Sentence
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Every addition is transformative for commuters like Ralston, who sat in a traffic jam Tuesday, right where 101 dipped into San Francisco. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "North Bay’s SMART train, beloved but not bustling, looks to extend sales tax," 25 Aug. 2019 In a sense, the arrival of the next Eduardo Rodriguez would be transformative. — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, "Red Sox know there are no shortcuts in developing pitchers," 16 Aug. 2019 Hong Kong shows that such seeds can be transformative. — The Christian Science Monitor, "The green grass grows all around," 9 Aug. 2019 The experience has been transformative for 17-year-old Arianna Taylor, said her grandmother, Brenda Taylor, who attended the fair for the first time in 25 years Wednesday to see Arianna show her lamb. — Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "'Like dealing with human beings:' Milwaukee Vincent students show livestock at State Fair," 7 Aug. 2019 If the Heat's offseason has not turned out to be as transformative as anticipated in the wake of the Butler signing, the season still could be. — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "Winderman: Don’t be lulled into sense of Heat complacency | Commentary," 28 July 2019 The work is so ambitious, all of these different entities working together to provide community revitalization and a transformative mission. — Natalie Wade, chicagotribune.com, "Activists and farmers tackle food deserts on Chicago’s South Side — 'Food is a tool of resistance’," 28 June 2019 According to Campbell, the hero must leave the Ordinary World, descend into the Special World, survive an Ordeal, and return with transformative knowledge. — Tom Maxwell, Longreads, "Remembering Roky Erickson," 7 June 2019 How was that one that was going to be transformative? — CBS News, "Transcript: Sue Gordon talks with Michael Morell on "Intelligence Matters"," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'transformative.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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transformative
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of transformative
formal
: causing or able to cause a change
especially
: causing someone's life to be different or better in some important way
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