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convert English

Meaning convert meaning

What does convert mean?
Definitions in simple English

convert Verb

— If you convert something, you change it so that it has a different function or form. They wanted to convert the room into a study. The factory was powered originally by water, then converted to steam in 1811. The electric engine is extremely efficient at converting electrical energy into movement.

convert Noun

— A convert is a person who changed their beliefs or religion. Mr Kinnock is a relatively recent convert to Buddhism. And we must not discount those who became converts to the new religion.

convert

— verb change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy We converted from 220 to 110 Volt — verb change the nature, purpose, or function of something convert lead into gold convert hotels into jails convert slaves to laborers — verb change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief She converted to Buddhism — noun a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief — verb (= change, exchange) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category Could you convert my dollars into pounds? He changed his name convert centimeters into inches convert holdings into shares — verb cause to adopt a new or different faith The missionaries converted the Indian population — verb change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change The substance converts to an acid — verb (= convince) make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product — verb score (a spare) — verb complete successfully score a penalty shot or free throw — verb 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 — verb (= exchange) exchange a penalty for a less severe one

Synonyms convert synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as convert?

convert English » English

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Topics convert topics

What do people use convert to talk about?
Social behavior Religion

Religious organization

  • What words refer to beginning to believe in a religion or changing from one religion to another?
    convert conversion

Conjugation convert conjugation

How do you conjugate convert?

convert · verb

Examples convert examples

How do I use convert in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You must convert dollars into the local currency.
He is a recent convert to Catholicism.
If you convert 48 hours into minutes, how many minutes does that make?
She loved fat men, so she decided to convert to Buddhism.
Come to think of it, a Jew has never come to my door trying to convert me to Judaism. A point in their favor!
Let's try to convert German into a Romance language.
Tom suggested that they convert the old church into a concert hall.
Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) forced many Tatars to convert from Islam to Christianity.
Hubble has two solar panels which are each 2.3 meters by 11.9 meters in size. These panels convert sunlight directly into electricity.
How do I convert miles to kilometers?
Do you know how to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit?

Movie subtitles

If only to convert you from your thieving ways.
But I doubt our local bank will be able to convert these gold nuggets into currency.
But I must tell you frankly, Francis. that on our charts at headquarters. I'm sorry to say that your convert rate is the lowest.
On the other hand, if we treat him with kindness and consideration, we might be able to convert him to our way of thinking.
Convert this tomb into a consultation room and go into business on your own.
Do not look upon me, lest with this piteous action you convert my stern intents, so I shed tears, not blood.
The other motive is the great love the general people bear him, who, dipping all his faults in their affections, convert his sins to graces.
Let grief convert to anger!
Yes, ask her. I wanted to convert as I convert to my husband that I hated.
O Brother Leone, even were we to convert the infidels to the faith of Christ, it would not bring us perfect happiness.
Can you also convert this weighty trash to writings?
Are you trying to convert me to your treason?
They convert electrical signals into sound.
Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let grief convert to anger!
As soon as the winner crosses the line, I'll convert his number into a letter.
I have not tried to convert them.
Why stop at that? I'm surprised that you've never attempted to convert me.
Adapt a complicated guidance system to a huge ballistic rocket. Convert it to a water-to-air interceptor missile. It was foolish.
How to convert a kitchen table into a flower garden.
I shall convert the front room into a cent-shop.
Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let grief convert to anger! Blunt not the heart, enrage it!
Well, perhaps not romantic, but a hysteria anyway, which seems to convert them from a collection of sober, intelligent, rather sentimental individuals. into a dangerous mob.
I'll convert his number into a letter.
You tried to convert the sultan.
Except, of course, for some businessmen in search of fortune. and some missionaries needing someone to convert.
How you gonna convert that into inches?
To marry Emir Abadie, I had to convert to Islam.
This is to convert air into ammonia gas.
To convert us to your faith by force.
I have never tried to convert.
Too much of a social convert now.

News and current affairs

Moreover, the technology necessary to convert it into energy - including high-yield burning, gas conversion, and liquefaction into synthetic fuel - has long been mastered.
Our generation's most pressing challenge is to convert the world's dirty and carbon-based energy systems and infrastructure into clean, smart, and efficient systems for the twenty-first century.
Muslims are convinced of the absolute superiority of Islam, which is reflected in the constant invocation and desperate desire to revive past glory, as well as a positive duty to convert followers of other religions.
They may marry non-Muslims, but do not allow others to marry their women, and expect those marrying within Islam to convert to it.
While free to convert to Islam, they were forbidden to convert Muslims or marry their women.
It is not at all obvious to anybody how to convert CO2 to area.
Another is that investors and corporate treasurers could become increasingly confident and aggressive in borrowing euros to convert into dollars and take advantage of higher US rates.
The analogous approach for Greece is to convert its current bonds into GDP-linked bonds.
Farmers near Beijing, for example, have been paid to convert croplands from rice to corn.
We know that Iran built a uranium conversion facility in Isfahan to convert uranium yellowcake into uranium hexafluoride gas (UF6), the feedstock for uranium enrichment, without the required prior notifications to the IAEA.
In the United States, some of the fiercest defenders of hardline Zionism are evangelical Christians who firmly believe that Jews who refuse to convert to Christianity will one day face terrible retribution.
Attempts to convert national incomes into a common denominator are fraught with complications.
What this means is that we have largely failed to convert growing technological unemployment into increased voluntary leisure.
Disregarding Zimbabwe, a recent and incomplete convert, the 18 countries of the two existing monetary unions have, as intended, benefited from lower inflation than much of the rest of Africa.
To convert annual incomes to real incomes, the CBO used the price deflator for consumer expenditures, which many believe is better for this purpose than the consumer price index.
Moreover, democracy alone will not convert the current crop of extremist jihadis to peaceful change.
Chinese families have been reluctant to convert much of this newfound income into discretionary spending.
Even if the PNC were to convert itself overnight into the world's most effective crime-fighting machine, it would still be unlikely to have a significant immediate impact.
The wind farms that we built convert the wind's kinetic energy into electricity.
However, if the policy slips into more coercive measures such as carbon tariffs and the like, the result is likely to convert climate change into an energy security struggle.
The immediate goal is to keep the courts from allowing Lina Joy or Kamariah Ali to convert.
There will be enough resources and prosperity to go around if we convert our economies to renewable energy sources, sustainable agricultural practices, and reasonable taxation of the rich.

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