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converting

/kənˈvɜːrtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːnvɜːrtɪŋ/

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

Examples :

"A kettle converts water into steam."

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

Examples :

"He converted his garden into a tennis court."

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

Examples :

"They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed."

religion philosophy doctrine theology

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To exchange for something of equal value.

Examples :

"We converted our pounds into euros."

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To express (a quantity) in alternative units.

Examples :

"The recipe calls for ounces, but I'm converting it to grams since my scale uses metric units. "

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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.

Examples :

"How do you convert feet into metres?"

math science technical

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

Examples :

"The employee was fired after converting company funds for his personal use. "

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

Examples :

"After scoring the try, the team was successful in converting, adding two more points to their score. "

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To score (especially a penalty kick).

Examples :

"The striker calmly stepped up and easily converted the penalty, winning the game for his team. "

sport achievement

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(ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.

Examples :

"The bowler successfully converted the first ball into a spare. "

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

Examples :

"We’ve converted to Methodism."

religion philosophy soul

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To become converted.

Examples :

"The chair converts into a bed."

religion philosophy

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To cause to turn; to turn.

Examples :

"The baker is converting the flour and sugar into delicious cookies. "

process action technology

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

Examples :

"We are converting the statement "All dogs are mammals" into "Some mammals are dogs." "

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To turn into another language; to translate.

Examples :

"The translator is converting the book from French to English. "

language communication

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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.

Examples :

"He was playing so well that everyone hoped he would succeed in converting his fifty into a century. "

sport achievement

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

Examples :

"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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