terraform
verb/ˈterəfɔːm/
/ˈterəfɔːrm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they terraform | /ˈterəfɔːm/ /ˈterəfɔːrm/ |
| he / she / it terraforms | /ˈterəfɔːmz/ /ˈterəfɔːrmz/ |
| past simple terraformed | /ˈterəfɔːmd/ /ˈterəfɔːrmd/ |
| past participle terraformed | /ˈterəfɔːmd/ /ˈterəfɔːrmd/ |
| -ing form terraforming | /ˈterəfɔːmɪŋ/ /ˈterəfɔːrmɪŋ/ |
- terraform something to make a planet more like Earth, so that people can live on itWord Origin1940s: from Latin terra ‘earth’ + the verb form.
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