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Meaning of 'conversion' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Conversion [ n.]
- The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.
- The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed.
- An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse.
- The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or the contrary.
- A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.
- A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank.
- A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles.
- A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life.

Meaning of 'conversion' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . conversion [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a change in the units or form of an expression:
Example in sentence:
  • conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade
Meaning (2):
- a change of religion
Example in sentence:
  • his conversion to the Catholic faith

Nearby Words:

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