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convert.

To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kənˈvɜːt/Received-Pronunciation[kʰə̥ɱˈvɜːt]Received-Pronunciation/kənˈvɝt/General-American[kʰə̥ɱˈvɝt]General-American
  1. To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

    transitive
    A kettle converts water into steam.
  2. To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.

    transitive
    He converted his garden into a tennis court.
  3. To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).

    transitive
    They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
  4. To exchange for something of equal value.

    transitive
    We converted our pounds into euros.
  5. To express (a quantity) in alternative units.

    transitive
  6. To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.

    transitive
    How do you convert feet into metres?
  7. To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.

    transitive
  8. To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.

    ambitransitive
  9. To score extra points following a touchdown.

  10. To score (especially a penalty kick).

    intransitive · transitive
  11. To score a spare.

    intransitive
  12. To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).

    intransitive
    We've converted to Methodism.
  13. To become converted.

    intransitive
    The chair converts into a bed.
  14. To cause to turn; to turn.

    obsolete · transitive
  15. To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

    transitive
  16. To turn into another language; to translate.

    obsolete · transitive
  17. To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.

    transitive
  18. To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.

    intransitive
    Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not.
  19. To transform a material or positional advantage into a win.

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).

noun/ˈkɒn.vət/Received-Pronunciation[ˈkʰɒɱ.vət]Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɑn.vɚt/General-American[ˈkʰɑɱ.vɚt]General-American
  1. A person who has converted to a religion.

    They were all converts to Islam.
  2. A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.

    I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert!
  3. Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.

  4. The equivalent of a conversion in rugby

    Canadian
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).

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