Word: convert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”). Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːt/, [kʰə̥ɱˈvɜːt], /kənˈvɝt/, [kʰə̥ɱˈvɝt] 1. To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product. Labels: transitive Example: A kettle converts water into steam. Example: 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth if the whole atmosphere were converted into water 2. To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another. Labels: transitive Example: And the deff's further sayen that after the said b'gayn the said lambert compounded wt the said lychefeld ffor the moytie of the said Tymber stone glasse yren and tyle aforsaid by fforce whereof the said Lambert and Jane executrix of the testament of the said Thom's lychefeld haue broken and pulled down the stone walles & wyndoes of the said Churche dortr ffratr & cloyster & the same hath taken prceved & convertid to their p'per vses and behofe as lawfull was for the[m] to do by vertue of there said b'gayne & waraunt. All whiche mattrs the said def's ar redy to averre & p've as this hon'able cort shall award. And praye to be dysmyssed wt there resonable costs & charges for ther wrongfull vexac'on & trouble in this behalf. Example: He converted his garden into a tennis court. 3. To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12). Labels: transitive Example: They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed. Example: No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. 4. To exchange for something of equal value. Labels: transitive Example: We converted our pounds into euros. 5. To express (a quantity) in alternative units. Labels: transitive 6. 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. Labels: transitive Example: How do you convert feet into metres? 7. To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion. Labels: transitive Example: The grand jury claims Terrigno "knowingly converted, for the benefit of herself and others, federal funds, which were intended to help the poor and homeless in the Los Angeles area." 8. To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Flood converted to leave Wales with a 23-9 deficit going into the final quarter. 9. To score extra points following a touchdown. Example: Bass also kicked field goals of 40 and 49 yards, but he also missed a point-after try, which led to a 2-point conversion that the Bills converted later in the game. 10. To score (especially a penalty kick). Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Hinton, inevitably, converted the penalty. Example: However, the lead was doubled after the break, when Branislav Ivanovic converted from close range after Fernando Torres had flicked on. 11. To score a spare. Labels: intransitive 12. To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3). Labels: intransitive Example: We've converted to Methodism. Example: The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity. 13. To become converted. Labels: intransitive Example: The chair converts into a bed. 14. To cause to turn; to turn. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: O, which way shall I first convert myself? 15. To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second. Labels: transitive 16. To turn into another language; to translate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: which story[…]Catullus more elegantly converted 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. Labels: transitive Example: Gillespie was reminded he had promised to join team-mate Matthew Hayden in a nude lap of the ground if he converted his century into a double. 18. To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion. Labels: intransitive Example: Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not. 19. To transform a material or positional advantage into a win. Labels: ambitransitive Example: On the final day Marshall won a pawn as Black from another old rival, Hodges, but couldn't convert it and played on until a drawn king-and-pawn endgame. Example: In a serious game, the same event often takes place: the attacking side, out of pure inertia, tries to convert an advantage which he or she no longer has, thus giving the defending side winning chances.