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Phonetics
/ˈkɒn.vəːt/
/ˈkɑn.vəɹt/
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.