Definition
Meaning of 'convert'
Meaning of 'convert' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Convert 
[ n.]
- A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to
another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed,
religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed;
especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of
holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity. [ n.]- A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.
2. Convert [ v. i.]
- To be turned or changed in character or direction; to
undergo a change, physically or morally. [ v. i.]3. Convert [ v. t.]
- To cause to turn; to turn. [ v. t.]- To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.
- To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.
- To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.
- To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
- To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.
- To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
- To turn into another language; to translate.
Meaning of 'convert' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. convert [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- change the nature, purpose, or function of something
- change the nature, purpose, or function of something
Example in sentence:
- convert hotels into jails;
- convert lead into gold;
- convert slaves to laborers
Meaning (2):
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
Example in sentence:
- convert centimeters into inches;
- convert holdings into shares;
- Could you convert my dollars into pounds?;
- He changed his name
Meaning (3):
- make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
- make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
Example in sentence:
- He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product
Meaning (4):
- complete successfully
- complete successfully
Example in sentence:
- score a penalty shot or free throw
Meaning (5):
- change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief
- change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief
Example in sentence:
- She converted to Buddhism
Meaning (6):
- score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone
- score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone
Example in sentence:
- Smith converted and his team won
Meaning (7):
- cause to adopt a new or different faith
- cause to adopt a new or different faith
Example in sentence:
- The missionaries converted the Indian population
Meaning (8):
- change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change
- change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change
Example in sentence:
- The substance converts to an acid
Meaning (9):
- change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
- change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
Example in sentence:
- We converted from 220 to 110 Volt
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