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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.
- 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.
3 . Convert [ v. t.]
- To cause to turn; to turn.
- 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]
Meaning (1):
- 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 (2):
- change the nature, purpose, or function of something
Example in sentence:
  • convert hotels into jails;
  • convert lead into gold;
  • convert slaves to laborers
Meaning (3):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • score a penalty shot or free throw
Meaning (5):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • Smith converted and his team won
Meaning (7):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • The substance converts to an acid
Meaning (9):
- change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
Example in sentence:
  • We converted from 220 to 110 Volt

Nearby Words:

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