CONVERT Definition & Meaning

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convert

[ verb kuhn-vurt; noun kon-vurt ]

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verb (used with object)

to change (something) into a different form or properties; transmute; transform.
to cause to adopt a different religion, political doctrine, opinion, etc.:
to convert the heathen.
Synonyms:
to turn to another or a particular use or purpose; divert from the original or intended use:
They converted the study into a nursery for the baby.
to modify (something) so as to serve a different function:
to convert an automobile factory to the manufacture of tanks.
to obtain an equivalent value for in an exchange or calculation, as money or units of measurement:
to convert bank notes into gold; to convert yards into meters.
Finance. to exchange voluntarily (a bond or preferred stock) into another security, usually common stock, because of the greater value of the latter.
to change in character; cause to turn from an evil life to a righteous one:
to convert a criminal.
Chemistry. to cause (a substance) to undergo a chemical change:
to convert sugar into alcohol.
to invert or transpose.
Law.
1. to assume unlawful rights of ownership of (personal property).
2. to change the form of (property), as from realty to personalty or vice versa.
to appropriate wrongfully to one's own use.
Logic. to transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) by conversion.
Computers. to subject to conversion.

verb (used without object)

to become converted.
Football. to make a conversion.

noun

one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
Synonyms: , ,

convert

[ kon-vurt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal.

a convertible automobile.
a convertible bond.

convert

verb

to change or adapt the form, character, or function of; transform
to cause (someone) to change in opinion, belief, etc
to change (a person or his way of life, etc) for the better
intr to admit of being changed (into)
the table converts into a tray
also intr to change or be changed into another chemical compound or physical state
to convert water into ice
law
1. to assume unlawful proprietary rights over (personal property)
2. to change (property) from realty into personalty or vice versa
also intr rugby to make a conversion after (a try)
logic to transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) by conversion
to change (a value or measurement) from one system of units to another
to exchange (a security or bond) for something of equivalent value

noun

a person who has been converted to another belief, religion, etc

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Derived Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of convert¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English verb converten, from Latin convertere “to change completely,” equivalent to con- intensive prefix + vertere “to turn”; noun convert replacing converse, Middle English convers, ultimately from Latin conversus; converse ², verse ¹

Origin of convert²

By shortening of convertible

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of convert¹

C13: from Old French convertir, from Latin convertere to turn around, alter, transform, from vertere to turn

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Synonym Study

See transform.

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But the US was never a full convert at the time.

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The family start to reminisce about hiking holidays and driving around in a large van they converted to become a camper.

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The ATM then converts the cash to bitcoin that is immediately transferred to the scammer’s digital wallet.

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The Huron Substation was built in 1906 in Cypress Park to convert the Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars to a higher voltage.

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