convert - Definition | Dictionary definition of convert

Definition of convert

Verbs

change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy

"We converted from 220 to 110 Volt"

Synonyms:: change over

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; transduce
cause transduction (of energy forms); metricate, metricise, metricize, metrify
convert from a non-metric to the metric system; decimalise, decimalize
change to the decimal system; float
convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

change the nature, purpose, or function of something

"convert lead into gold"

"convert hotels into jails"

"convert slaves to laborers"

Types:: show 40 types...; hide 40 types...; caramelise, caramelize
convert to caramel; rasterize
convert (an image) into pixels; humify
convert (plant remains) into humus; verbalise, verbalize
convert into a verb; sporulate
convert into spores; fictionalise, fictionalize, novelise, novelize
convert into the form or the style of a novel; deaden
convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil; opalise, opalize
replace or convert into opal; receive
convert into sounds or pictures; reconvert
convert back; malt
convert into malt; malt
convert grain into malt; feudalize
bring (a country or people) under feudalism; flour
convert grain into flour; reclaim
make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; ferment, work
cause to undergo fermentation; vinify
convert a juice into wine by fermentation; nitrify
convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria; fossilise, fossilize
convert to a fossil; lapidify, petrify
change into stone; tan
treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather; bark
tan (a skin) with bark tannins; dress
convert into leather; compost
convert to compost; transition
cause to convert or undergo a transition; transcribe
convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA; scrap
make into scrap or refuse; keratinise, keratinize
convert into keratin; diazotize
convert (an amine) into a diazo compound; hay
convert (plant material) into hay; lignify
convert into wood or cause to become woody; mineralize
transform (a metal) into an ore; mineralize
convert into a mineral substance; ozonise, ozonize
convert (oxygen) into ozone; slag
convert into slag; sulfate
convert into a sulfate; cutinize
convert into cutin; duplex
change into a duplex; encode
convert information into code; cipher, code, cypher, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code
convert ordinary language into code

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief

"She converted to Buddhism"

Type of:: change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

"Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"

"convert centimeters into inches"

"convert holdings into shares"

Synonyms:: change, commute, exchange; shift, switch
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; rectify
convert into direct current; utilize
convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust); capitalise, capitalize
convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital; overcapitalise, overcapitalize
capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant; launder
convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones; break
exchange for smaller units of money

Type of:: replace
substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)

cause to adopt a new or different faith

"The missionaries converted the Indian population"

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; Islamise, Islamize
convert to Islam; Christianise, Christianize
convert to Christianity; evangelise, evangelize
convert to Christianity; catholicise, catholicize, latinise, latinize
cause to adopt Catholicism; proselytise, proselytize
convert to another faith or religion

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone

"Smith converted and his team won"

Type of:: hit, rack up, score, tally
gain points in a game

complete successfully

Type of:: hit, rack up, score, tally
gain points in a game

score (a spare)

Type of:: hit, rack up, score, tally
gain points in a game

make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something

Synonyms:: convince, win over

Types:: disarm
make less hostile; win over

Type of:: persuade
cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm

exchange a penalty for a less severe one

Synonyms:: commute, exchange

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change

"The substance converts to an acid"

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; caramelise, caramelize
be converted into caramel; malt
turn into malt, become malt; immobilise, immobilize
convert (assets) into fixed capital; melanise, melanize
convert into, or infiltrate with melanin

Type of:: change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

Nouns

a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

Types:: Converso
(medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion; Marrano
(medieval Spain and Portugal) a disparaging term for a Jew who converted to Christianity in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly; proselyte
a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism