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convert
1[ verb kuhn-vurt; noun kon-vurt ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause to adopt a different religion, political doctrine, opinion, etc.:
to convert the heathen.
Synonyms:
- to turn to another or a particular use or purpose; divert from the original or intended use:
They converted the study into a nursery for the baby.
- to modify (something) so as to serve a different function:
to convert an automobile factory to the manufacture of tanks.
- to obtain an equivalent value for in an exchange or calculation, as money or units of measurement:
to convert bank notes into gold; to convert yards into meters.
- Finance. to exchange voluntarily (a bond or preferred stock) into another security, usually common stock, because of the greater value of the latter.
- to change in character; cause to turn from an evil life to a righteous one:
to convert a criminal.
- Chemistry. to cause (a substance) to undergo a chemical change:
to convert sugar into alcohol.
- to invert or transpose.
- Law.
- to assume unlawful rights of ownership of (personal property).
- to change the form of (property), as from realty to personalty or vice versa.
- to appropriate wrongfully to one's own use.
- Logic. to transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) by conversion.
- Computers. to subject to conversion.
verb (used without object)
- to become converted.
- Football. to make a conversion.
noun
- one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
Synonyms: , ,
convert
2[ kon-vurt ]
noun
- a convertible automobile.
convert
verb
- to change or adapt the form, character, or function of; transform
- to cause (someone) to change in opinion, belief, etc
- to change (a person or his way of life, etc) for the better
- intr to admit of being changed (into)
the table converts into a tray
- also intr to change or be changed into another chemical compound or physical state
to convert water into ice
- law
- to assume unlawful proprietary rights over (personal property)
- to change (property) from realty into personalty or vice versa
- also intr rugby to make a conversion after (a try)
- logic to transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) by conversion
- to change (a value or measurement) from one system of units to another
- to exchange (a security or bond) for something of equivalent value
noun
- a person who has been converted to another belief, religion, etc
Derived Forms
- Dzˈپ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz·t adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of convert1
Origin of convert2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of convert1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The palace is a former monastery, converted in the 17th century, which became home to the Romanian royal family in the 19th century.
"I'm standing up for my rights," bellows Danny, a balding man with a grey beard who calls a converted horsebox home in a leafy suburb of Bristol.
He described his lap as "mighty", and starting the sprint from pole gives him a big opportunity to convert it into a first win, given the power of clear air in F1.
The court’s three liberals were skeptical of converting public charter schools into a program that includes privately run religious schools.
It was an ultimately frustrating night for Arsenal at Emirates Stadium, who failed to convert any of their five shots on target.
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