Word: conversion
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
ver
sion
Definition: The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
Morphemes:
Affix: convert
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word
Affix: vertō
Language: la
Decoded: verto
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I reverse (transitive)
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.