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Meaning
Verb
●
To
transform
or change (something) into another form,
substance
, state, or product.
●
To change (something) from one use,
function
, or
purpose
to another.
●
To
induce
(someone) to
adopt
a particular
religion
,
faith
,
ideology
or
belief
(
see also
sense
11).
●
To
exchange
for something of
equal
value.
●
To
express
(a
quantity
) in
alternative
units.
●
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.
●
In Law:
To
appropriate
wrongfully
or
unlawfully
; to
commit
the
common law
tort
of conversion.
●
To
score
extra points
after (a
try
) by
completing
a conversion.
●
In Football (soccer):
To
score
(especially a
penalty
kick).
●
To
score
a spare.
●
To
undergo
a
conversion
of
religion
,
faith
or
belief
(
see also
sense
3).
●
To become converted.
●
To cause to
turn
; to
turn
.
●
In Logic:
To change (one
proposition
) into another, so that what was the
subject
of the first becomes the
predicate
of the second.
●
To
turn into
another language; to translate.
●
In Cricket & People:
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
.
●
In Marketing:
To
perform
the
action
that an online
advertisement
is
intended
to
induce
; to
reach
the point of conversion.
●
In Chess:
To
transform
a
material
or
positional
advantage
into a win.
Noun
●
A person who has
converted
to a religion.
●
A person who is now
in favour
of something that
he or she
previously
opposed
or disliked.
●
In Canadian football:
The
equivalent
of a
conversion
in rugby
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Origin
convert
English
convertir
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
converto
Latin
Sourced from
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