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Definitions for Convert

[1] to change (something) into a different form or properties; transmute; transform.
[2] to cause to adopt a different religion, political doctrine, opinion, etc.: to convert the heathen.
[3] 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.
[4] to modify (something) so as to serve a different function: to convert an automobile factory to the manufacture of tanks.
[5] 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.
[6] Finance . to exchange voluntarily (a bond or preferred stock) into another security, usually common stock, because of the greater value of the latter.
[7] to change in character; cause to turn from an evil life to a righteous one: to convert a criminal.
[8] Chemistry . to cause (a substance) to undergo a chemical change: to convert sugar into alcohol.
[9] to invert or transpose.
[10] Law . to assume unlawful rights of ownership of (personal property). to change the form of (property), as from realty to personalty or vice versa.
[11] to appropriate wrongfully to one's own use.
[12] Logic . to transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) by conversion.
[13] Computers . to subject to conversion.
[14] to become converted.
[15] Football . to make a conversion.
[16] one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
[17] a convertible automobile.
[18] a convertible bond.
[19] to change or adapt the form, character, or function of; transform
[20] to cause (someone) to change in opinion, belief, etc
[21] to change (a person or his way of life, etc) for the better
[22] (intr) to admit of being changed (into) the table converts into a tray
[23] (also intr) to change or be changed into another chemical compound or physical state to convert water into ice
[24] law to assume unlawful proprietary rights over (personal property) to change (property) from realty into personalty or vice versa
[25] (also intr) rugby to make a conversion after (a try)
[26] logic to transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) by conversion
[27] to change (a value or measurement) from one system of units to another
[28] to exchange (a security or bond) for something of equivalent value
[29] a person who has been converted to another belief, religion, etc

Words related to Convert

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Words nearby Convert

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Origin of Convert

2by shortening of convertible

Other words from Convert

con·ver·tive , adjective

Word origin for Convert

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

Synonyms for Convert

disciple, follower, catechumen, neophyte, novice, novitiate, proselyte