convert

B2
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒn.vəːt/
/ˈkɑn.vəɹt/
Noun
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

A person who has converted to a religion.

Example Sentences
  • They were all converts to Islam.
2 Definition

A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.

Example Sentences
  • I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert!
3 Definition

The equivalent of a conversion in rugby

Verb
17 definition(s)
1 Definition

To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

Example Sentences
  • A kettle converts water into steam.
2 Definition

To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.

Example Sentences
  • He converted his garden into a tennis court.
3 Definition

To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 11).

Example Sentences
  • They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
4 Definition

To exchange for something of equal value.

Example Sentences
  • We converted our pounds into euros.
5 Definition

To express (a quantity) in alternative units.

6 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • How do you convert feet into metres?
7 Definition

To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.

8 Definition

(rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.

9 Definition

To score (especially a penalty kick).

10 Definition

(ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.

11 Definition

To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).

Example Sentences
  • We’ve converted to Methodism.
12 Definition

To become converted.

Example Sentences
  • The chair converts into a bed.
13 Definition

To cause to turn; to turn.

14 Definition

To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

15 Definition

To turn into another language; to translate.

16 Definition

To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.

17 Definition

To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.

Example Sentences
  • Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not.