Dictionary Definition
convert n : a person who has been converted to
another religious or political belief
Verb
1 change the nature, purpose, or function of
something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails";
"convert slaves to laborers"
2 change from one system to another or to a new
plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt" [syn: change
over]
3 change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious
belief; "She converted to Buddhism"
4 exchange or replace with another, usually of
the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into
pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches";
"convert holdings into shares" [syn: change, exchange, commute]
5 cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The
missionaries converted the Indian population"
6 score an extra point or points after touchdown
by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into
the endzone; "Smith converted and his team won"
7 complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or
free throw"
8 score (a spare)
9 make (someone) agree, understand, or realize
the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced
several customers of the advantages of his product" [syn: win over,
convince]
11 change in nature, purpose, or function;
especially undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an
acid"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- 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
person who has converted religion
- Finnish: käännynnäinen
- French: reconverti
- Hebrew: מומר (mumar) , מומרת (mumeret)
- Spanish: converso
- Swedish: konvertit
person in favour of something they previously
opposed or disliked
- Finnish: käännynnäinen
- French: reconverti
- Spanish: converso
Verb
- 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, or belief
- 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.
- How do you convert feet into metres?
- intransitive rugby football To score a conversion.
- To score a spare.
- To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief.
- We’ve converted to Methodism.
- To become converted.
- The chair converts into a bed.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
transform (something) into another form,
substance, state, or product
- Finnish: muuntaa, muuttaa
- French: convertir
- German: konvertieren,umwandeln
- Italian: convertire
- Spanish: convertir
- Turkish: dönüştürmek
change (something) from one use, function, or
purpose to another
- Finnish: muuntaa, muuttaa
- French: convertir
- Italian: convertire
- Turkish: değiştirmek
induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion,
faith, or belief
- Finnish: käännyttää
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
- Finnish: kääntyä
- Swedish: konvertera
become converted
Extensive Definition
In general, conversion is the transformation of
one thing into another. Articles on particular kinds of conversion
are:
- Conversion (construction)
- Conversion
(law), an intentional tort to personal property
- Criminal conversion, exerting unauthorised use or control of someone else's property
- Equitable conversion, The conversion of equitable interests in real estate to money in a property transaction
- Conversion (linguistics), the creation of a word from an existing word without any change in form
- Conversion
(marketing), when a prospective customer takes the marketer's
intended action
- Conversion rate, in Internet marketing, the percentage of unique visitors who take a desired action upon visiting the website
- Conversion syndrome, a condition in which physical symptoms arise for which there is no clear explanation; cf. Conversion disorder
- Conversion therapy, aka "reparative therapy", eliminating or diminishing same-sex desires and behaviors
- Conversion (options), an option strategy
- Currency conversion, foreign currency exchange
- Miniature conversion, altering the appearance of a model
Religion
- Religious
conversion, the adoption of a new religious identity
- Deathbed conversion, done just before death
- Forced conversion, done under duress
- Secondary conversion, done because of a personal relationship
Sport
- Extra point and two-point conversion, in American football, an opportunity to score one or two points following a touchdown
- Conversion, in Rugby football, a kick at goal to convert the try from one set of points into another larger set of points
Science & technology
- Conversion
of units, between different units of measurement
- See also: Units conversion by factor-label and Dimensional analysis
- Conversion (chemistry) (disambiguation)
- Conversion (logic), a concept in traditional logic
- Electric vehicle conversion, modification of a conventional vehicle to battery electric
- Energy conversion, various forms of energy can be transformed into one another
- Internal conversion, a radioactive decay process
Computing
- CHS conversion, cylinder/head/sector to linear base address
- Code conversion, multiple meanings in telecommunication
- Type conversion, in computer science, changing an entity of one data type into another
- Data conversion, from one form of computer data to another
- upconversion of video to a higher definition
Entertainment
- "Conversion" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of the television series
- "The Conversion" (The Outer Limits), an episode of the television series
See also
- Wikipedia
convert in Czech: Konverze
convert in German: Konversion
convert in French: Conversion
convert in Interlingua (International Auxiliary
Language Association): Conversion (disambiguation)
convert in Dutch: Conversie
convert in Polish: Konwersja
convert in Portuguese: Conversão
convert in Russian: Конверсия (значения)
convert in Simple English:
Conversion
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Christian, God-fearing man,
abuse, accepter, accommodate, actuate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, apostate, apostle, apply, assimilate to, assure, backslider, be convincing,
become, befoul, believer, bend, better, bias, bolter, break up, bring, bring home to, bring over,
bring round, bring to, bring to reason, budge, carry conviction, carve, catechumen, change, change into, change over,
chisel, churchgoer, churchite, churchman, clear the trade,
close out, collaborationist,
collaborator,
communicant,
commute, convict, convince, cultivate, daily communicant,
debase, defalcate, defector, defile, deform, denature, desecrate, deserter, devotee, devotionalist, disciple, diversify, divert, do over, drive home to,
dump, embezzle, employ, evert, extract, fabricate, fanatic, fifth columnist,
fit, follower, forge, foul, give salvation, good
Christian, grow, harvest, impel, improve, incline, inspire belief,
introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, lead, lead to believe, liquidate, machine, make, make over, maladminister, manufacture, meliorate, metamorphose, mill, mine, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, mitigate, modify, modulate, move, mugwump, mutate, naturalize, neophyte, overthrow, peculate, persuade, pervert, pietist, pilfer, pollute, process, profane, pronate, proselyte, proselytize, prostitute, pump, qualify, quisling, raise, re-create, realign, rear, rebuild, receiver, recidivist, reconstruct, reconvert, recreant, redeem, redesign, reduce to, refine, refit, reform, regenerate, religionist, remake, remodel, render, renegade, renegado, renegate, renew, reshape, resolve into, restructure, resupinate, revamp, reverse, reversionist, revive, revolve, ring the changes,
rotate, runagate, saint, satisfy, save, schismatic, seceder, secessionist, sell, sell one on, sell out, sell
short, separatist,
shift, shift the scene,
shuffle the cards, smelt,
strikebreaker,
subvert, supinate, sway, switch, switch over, talk over,
tergiversant,
tergiversator,
terminate the account, theist, traitor, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate,
truster, turn about,
turn around, turn back, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn
into, turn out, turn over, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn
the tide, turn upside down, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, unload, use, utilize, vary, violate, votary, win over, work a change,
worsen, zealot