English Explanatory Dictionary

convert

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
  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 units.
  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 latter.
  7. To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
  8. To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
  9. To score extra points following a touchdown.
  10. To score (especially a penalty kick).
  11. To score a spare.
  12. To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
noun
  1. A person who has converted to a religion.
  2. A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.
  3. Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
  4. The equivalent of a conversion in rugby

Pronunciation

/kənˈvɜːt/ [kʰə̥ɱˈvɜːt] kənvûrt' /kənˈvɝt/ [kʰə̥ɱˈvɝt] en-us-convert-verb.ogg en-au-convert.ogg /ˈkɒn.vət/ [ˈkʰɒɱ.vət] kŏn'vûrt /ˈkɑn.vɚt/ [ˈkʰɑɱ.vɚt] en-us-convert-noun.ogg

Word forms

convert converts converting converted

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).

Synonyms

convert develop draw evolve metamorphize metamorphose reconvert shift transfigurate transfigure transform transmogrify transmute transume

Antonyms

deconvert restore revert

Related words

conversion proselytize

Derived words

bioconvert convertance convertase convertee converter convertible convertor downconvert downconversion downconverter immunoconvert interconvert misconvert phenoconvert photoconvert preach to the converted preconvert seroconvert unconvert upconvert upconversion upconverter reconvert passion of a convert
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