Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒn.vəːt/, [ˈkʰɒɱ.vəːt]
- (GA) enPR: kŏn'vûrt, IPA: /ˈkɑn.vəɹt/, [ˈkʰɑɱ.vɚt]
- (RP) IPA: /kənˈvɛət/, [kʰə̥ɱˈvɛət]
- (GA) enPR: kənvûrt', IPA: /kənˈvɛɹt/, [kʰə̥ɱˈvɚt]
convert (converts, present participle converting; past and past participle converted)
- (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
- A kettle converts water into steam.
- if the whole atmosphere were converted into water
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398 ↗, [https://archive.org/stream/paradiseregaindp00milt_0#page/{
}/mode/1up page 91]: - That ſtill leſſens / The ſorrow, and converts it nigh to joy.
- (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
- He converted his garden into a tennis court.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].
- (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 11).
- They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
- No attempt was made to convert the Moslems.
- (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 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.
- How do you convert feet into metres?
- (transitive, legal) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
- (ambitransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
- (transitive or intransitive, soccer) To score (especially a penalty kick).
- (intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
- (intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
- We’ve converted to Methodism.
- (intransitive) To become converted.
- The chair converts into a bed.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to turn; to turn.
- 1600, Ben Jonson, Cynthia's Revels
- O, which way shall I first convert myself?
- 1600, Ben Jonson, Cynthia's Revels
- (transitive, logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
- (transitive, obsolete) To turn into another language; to translate.
- 1609, Ben Jonson, The Masque of Queens
- which story […] Catullus more elegantly converted
- 1609, Ben Jonson, The Masque of Queens
- (transitive, cricket) 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.
- 2006, BBC, Gillespie hails 'fairytale' knock ↗:
- Gillespie was reminded he had promised to join team-mate Matthew Hayden in a nude lap of the ground if he converted his century into a double.
- 2006, BBC, Gillespie hails 'fairytale' knock ↗:
- (intransitive, marketing) To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.
- Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not.
- French: convertir
- German: konvertieren, umwandeln
- Italian: convertire
- Portuguese: converter, transformar, transmudar, mudar
- Russian: превраща́ть
- Spanish: convertir
- French: convertir
- Italian: convertire
- Portuguese: converter, transformar
- Russian: обраща́ть
- Spanish: convertir
- French: convertir
- Italian: convertire
- Portuguese: converter, comutar
- Russian: конверти́ровать
- French: convertir
- Italian: convertire
- Portuguese: converter
- Russian: конверти́ровать
- Spanish: convertir
- Spanish: (reflexive) convertir
- Russian: превраща́ться
- Spanish: (reflexive) convertir
convert (plural converts)
- A person who has converted to a religion.
- They were all converts to Islam.
- 2004, Ted Jones, The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers, Tauris Parke Paperbacks (2007), ISBN 9781845114558, chapter 3, gbooks IeTGSDuFU6YC:
- While still in this relationship, Greene, a convert to Roman Catholicism at 23, was asked to be godfather to Catherine Walston, a 30-year-old married woman, at her own conversion.
- 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!
- (Canadian football) The equivalent of a conversion in rugby
- French: reconverti
- German: Konvertit
- Portuguese: converso, convertido
- Russian: новообращённый
- Spanish: converso
- French: reconverti
- Portuguese: convertido
- Spanish: converso
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