Conversion

Quick meaning: Conversion is a noun meaning The act of converting something or someone.

Meaning

The act of converting something or someone.

More Meanings

1. (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
2. (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
3. (rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
4. (American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
5. Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
6. (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
7. (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.

Example Sentences

a loft conversion

the conversion of a horse

His conversion to Christianity

Artificial conversion of water into ice.

Word Forms

• conversions

Synonyms for conversion

Depending on context, synonyms include development, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation, transmogrification.

Antonyms for conversion

Common opposites include deconversion, restoration, reversion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include changeover, transition, rebirth, converter, convertibility, converted.

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