Convert

/kənˈvɜːt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
2. (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
3. (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).
4. (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
5. (transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
6. (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.
7. (transitive, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
8. (ambitransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.

Example Sentences

A kettle converts water into steam.

1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth if the whole atmosphere were converted into water

That ſtill leſſens / The ſorrow, and converts it nigh to joy.

Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.

He converted his garden into a tennis court.

And the deff's further sayen that after the said b'gayn the said lambert compounded wt the said lychefeld ffor the moytie of the said Tymber stone glasse yren and tyle aforsaid by fforce whereof the said Lambert and Jane executrix of the testament of the said Thom's lychefeld haue broken and pulled down the stone walles & wyndoes of the said Churche dortr ffratr & cloyster & the same hath taken prceved & convertid to their p'per vses and behofe as lawfull was for the[m] to do by vertue of there said b'gayne & waraunt. All whiche mattrs the said def's ar redy to averre & p've as this hon'able cort shall award. And praye to be dysmyssed wt there resonable costs & charges for ther wrongfull vexac'on & trouble in this behalf.

“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,[…].

They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.

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• converts
• converting
• converted

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