convert.
To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
Meaning & usage
To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
A kettle converts water into steam.
To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
He converted his garden into a tennis court.
To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).
They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
To exchange for something of equal value.
We converted our pounds into euros.
To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
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.
How do you convert feet into metres?
To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
To score extra points following a touchdown.
To score (especially a penalty kick).
To score a spare.
To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
We've converted to Methodism.
To become converted.
The chair converts into a bed.
To cause to turn; to turn.
To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
To turn into another language; to translate.
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.
To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.
Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not.
To transform a material or positional advantage into a win.
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”).
A person who has converted to a religion.
They were all converts to Islam.
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!
Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
The equivalent of a conversion in rugby
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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