convert

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

converts

V_ing/Gerund

converting

V_ed/pp

converted

1.
(transitive)To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
A kettle converts water into steam.
1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth if the whole atmosphere were converted into water
2.
(transitive)To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
He converted his garden into a tennis court.
3.
(transitive)To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).
They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
4.
(transitive)To exchange for something of equal value.
We converted our pounds into euros.
5.
(transitive)To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
6.
(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.
How do you convert feet into metres?
7.
(transitive)(transitive, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
8.
(ambitransitive)(ambitransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
9.
(American football) To score extra points following a touchdown.
10.
(intransitive, transitive)(transitive or intransitive, soccer) To score (especially a penalty kick).
11.
(intransitive)(intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
12.
(intransitive)To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
We've converted to Methodism.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

converts

1.
A person who has converted to a religion.
They were all converts to Islam.
2.
A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.
I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert!
3.
Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
4.
(Canadian)(Canadian football) The equivalent of a conversion in rugby

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