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Meaning of convert in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

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convert

/ˈkɒn.vəːt/

Phonetics

/ˈkɒn.vəːt/

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noun

  • A person who has converted to a religion.

    Example: They were all converts to Islam.
  • A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.

    Example: I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert!
  • The equivalent of a conversion in rugby


verb

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

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

    Example: He converted his garden into a tennis court.
  • To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 11).

    Example: They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
  • To exchange for something of equal value.

    Example: 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.

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

  • (rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.

  • To score (especially a penalty kick).

  • (ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.

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

    Example: We’ve converted to Methodism.
  • To become converted.

    Example: 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.

    Example: Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not.