convert
/kənˈvɜːt/
To transform or change into another form, substance, state, or product; To change from one use, function, or purpose to another; To induce to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief; To exchange for something of equal value
- he/she/it
- converts
- past participle
- converted
Meanings
- 1
To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
Time converts more people than reason does.
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The land was converted into a park.
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- 2
To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
- 3
To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12)
- 4
To exchange for something of equal value
- 5
To express (a quantity) in alternative unitsrare
- 6
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 latterrare
- 7
To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversionrare
- 8
To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversionrare
- 9
To score extra points following a touchdownrare
- 10
To score (especially a penalty kick)rare