convert
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Synonyms: covert, convent, concert, convect, couvert, consert, convery, colvert
Antonyms: covert, convent, concert, convect, couvert, consert, convery, colvert
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Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[transform]] or [[change]] (something) into [[another]] [[form]], [[substance]], [[state]], or [[product]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To change (something) from one [[use]], [[function]], or [[purpose]] to another.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[induce]] (someone) to [[adopt]] a [[particular]] [[religion]], [[faith]], [[ideology]] or [[belief]] {{qualifier|see also sense 12}}.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[exchange]] for something of [[equal]] [[value]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[express]] (a quantity) in [[alternative]] [[unit]]s.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} 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.
- {{lb|en|transitive|legal}} To [[appropriate]] wrongfully or unlawfully; to [[commit]] the [[common law]] [[tort]] of [[conversion]].
- {{lb|en|ambitransitive|rugby football}} To score extra points after (a [[try]]) by completing a [[conversion]].
- {{lb|en|American football}} To score extra points following a [[touchdown]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|or|intransitive|soccer}} To [[score]] (especially a [[penalty kick]]).
- {{lb|en|intransitive|ten-pin|_|bowling}} To score a [[spare]].<!--what is the object of the verb here?-->
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief {{qualifier|see also sense 3}}.
Noun
- A person who has converted to a [[religion]].
- A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.
- Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
- {{lb|en|Canadian football}} The equivalent of a [[conversion]] in rugby
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