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To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
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A kettle converts water into steam.
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To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
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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).
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They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
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To exchange for something of equal value.
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We converted our pounds into euros.
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To express (a quantity) in alternative 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.
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How do you convert feet into metres?
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To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
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(rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
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To score (especially a penalty kick).
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(ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
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To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
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We’ve converted to Methodism.
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To become converted.
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The chair converts into a bed.
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To cause to turn; to turn.
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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.
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To turn into another language; to translate.
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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.
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To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.
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Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not.