convert
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“‘turn around’”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- (noun)
- (RP): /ˈkɒnvɜːt/, /"kQnv3:t/
- (US): kŏn'vûrt, /ˈkɑnvɝt/, /"kAnv3`t/
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- (verb)
- (RP): /kənˈvɜːt/, /k@n"v3:t/
- (US): kənvûrt', /kənˈvɝt/, /k@n"v3`t/
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t
[edit] Noun
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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!
[edit] Translations
person who has converted religion
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person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked
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[edit] Verb
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to 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, 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, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
- How do you convert feet into metres?
- (intransitive, rugby football) To score a conversion.
- (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.
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[edit] Translations
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
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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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