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converting Synonyms & Antonyms

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Converting as a Verb

1

present participle and gerund of convert

2

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

A kettle converts water into steam.

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3

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

He converted his garden into a tennis court.

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4

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

They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.

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5

To exchange for something of equal value.

We converted our pounds into euros.

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6

To express (a quantity) in alternative units.

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7

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.

How do you convert feet into metres?

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8

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

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9

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

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10

To score (especially a penalty kick).

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11

(ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.

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12

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

We’ve converted to Methodism.

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13

To become converted.

The chair converts into a bed.

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14

To cause to turn; to turn.

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15

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

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16

To turn into another language; to translate.

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17

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.

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18

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

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

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Converting in a Sentence

A kettle converts water into steam.

He converted his garden into a tennis court.

They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.

We converted our pounds into euros.

How do you convert feet into metres?

We’ve converted to Methodism.

The chair converts into a bed.

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

Word Forms & Grammar

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Converting at a Glance

Part of speechverb
Meaningpresent participle and gerund of convert
Antonymsdeconvert