convert
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun
- (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒn.vɜːt/, X-SAMPA: /"kQn.v3:t/
- (US) enPR: kŏn'vûrt, IPA: /ˈkɑn.vɝt/, X-SAMPA: /"kAnv3`t/
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Audio (US) (file)
Verb
- (UK) IPA: /kənˈvɜːt/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"v3:t/
- (US) enPR: kənvûrt', IPA: /kənˈvɝt/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"v3`t/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Noun[edit]
convert (plural converts)
- A person who has converted his or her religion.
- They were all converts to Islam.
- A person who is now in favour of something that he or she 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!
Translations[edit]
person who has converted religion
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person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked
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Verb[edit]
convert (third-person singular simple present converts, present participle converting, simple past and past participle converted)
- (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
- A kettle converts water into steam.
- (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
- He converted his garden into a tennis court.
- (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief.
- They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
- (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
- We converted our pounds into euros.
- (transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
- (transitive) To express (a unit of measure) 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?
- (transitive, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
- (transitive, intransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
- 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, BBC:
- Flood converted to leave Wales with a 23-9 deficit going into the final quarter.
- 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, BBC:
- (soccer) To score (a penalty)
- 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:
- But, after the error by Lampard's replacement Kalou, Roberto Soldado converted the penalty.
- 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:
- (intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
- (intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief.
- We’ve converted to Methodism.
- (intransitive) To become converted.
- The chair converts into a bed.
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- converter
- convertible
- downconvert, downconversion, downconverter
- upconvert, upconversion, upconverter
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
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change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
exchange for (something) of equal value
express (a quantity) in alternative units
in rugby football
in ten-pin bowling
undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
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become converted
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