convert
Use Convert in a sentence
vɜrt verb (used with object)
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.
9.
to invert or transpose.
10.
Law.
a.
to assume unlawful rights of ownership of (personal property).
b.
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.
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noun
16.
one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
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| convert | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to change or adapt the form, character, or function of; transform |
| 2. | to cause (someone) to change in opinion, belief, etc |
| 3. | to change (a person or his way of life, etc) for the better |
| 4. | (intr) to admit of being changed (into): the table converts into a tray |
| 5. | (also intr) to change or be changed into another chemical compound or physical state: to convert water into ice |
| 6. | law |
| a. to assume unlawful proprietary rights over (personal property) | |
| b. to change (property) from realty into personalty or vice versa | |
| 7. | (also intr) rugby to make a conversion after (a try) |
| 8. | logic to transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) by conversion |
| 9. | to change (a value or measurement) from one system of units to another |
| 10. | to exchange (a security or bond) for something of equivalent value |
| —n | |
| 11. | a person who has been converted to another belief, religion, etc |
| [C13: from Old French convertir, from Latin convertere to turn around, alter, transform, from vertere to turn] | |
| con'vertive | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
convert
c.1300, from O.Fr. convertir, from L. convertere "turn around, transform," from com- "together" + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Originally in the religious sense. The L. word is glossed in O.E. by gecyrren, from cierran "to turn, return." Related: Converted (pp. adj., 1590s);
converter (1533, of machinery, 1867); converting (1580s).
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary
CONVERT definition
language1. (Or "REC", "Regular Expression Converter") A string processing language that combined the pattern matching and transformation operations of COMIT with the recursive data structures of Lisp.
["Convert", A. Guzman et al, CACM 9(8):604-615, Aug 1966].
2. An early language to convert programs and data from one language to another.
["CONVERT Manual", OLI Systems Inc, Oct 1976].
(2007-02-05)
Example sentences
Another teams up with unrelated bacteria species and uses sulfate to convert the greenhouse gas into energy.
The electrolyte is stored in an external tank and pumped through the battery's cells to convert chemical energy into electricity.
These systems convert kinetic energy into electricity as the train slows down.
In the finely divided state oxygen or other oxidizing agents convert it to a metabolizable form.
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