convert
♦ con|vert (converts converting converted)
The verb is pronounced /kənv'ɜːrt/ The noun is pronounced /k'ɒnvɜːrt/
1 [VERB] be V-ed into/to n, V n into/to n, V into/to n
If one thing is converted or converts into another, it is changed into a different form.
The signal will be converted into digital code.
...naturally occurring substances which the body can convert into vitamins.
...a table that converts into an ironing board.
2 [VERB] V n, V n into n, V-ed
If someone converts a room or building, they alter it in order to use it for a different purpose.
By converting the loft, they were able to have two extra bedrooms.
...the entrepreneur who wants to convert County Hall into an hotel...
He is living in a converted barn.
3 [VERB] V n to/into n, V n
If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
Save money by converting your car to unleaded...
The programme to convert every gas burner in Britain took 10 years.
4 [VERB] V n prep, also V n
If you convert a quantity from one system of measurement to another, you calculate what the quantity is in the second system.
Converting metric measurements to U.S. equivalents is easy.
5 [VERB] V n, V n to n, V to n
If someone converts you, they persuade you to change your religious or political beliefs. You can also say that someone converts to a different religion.
If you try to convert him, you could find he just walks away...
He was a major influence in converting Godwin to political radicalism...
He converted to Catholicism in 1917.
6 [N-COUNT] oft N to n
A convert is someone who has changed their religious or political beliefs.
She, too, was a convert to Roman Catholicism.
...a Muslim convert now known as Yusuf Islam.
7 [VERB] V n to n, also V n
If someone converts you to something, they make you very enthusiastic about it.
He quickly converted me to the joys of cross-country skiing.
8 [N-COUNT] usu N to n
If you describe someone as a convert to something, you mean that they have recently become very enthusiastic about it.
...recent converts to vegetarianism.
9
to preach to the converted: see preach
The verb is pronounced /kənv'ɜːrt/ The noun is pronounced /k'ɒnvɜːrt/
1 [VERB] be V-ed into/to n, V n into/to n, V into/to n
If one thing is converted or converts into another, it is changed into a different form.
The signal will be converted into digital code.
...naturally occurring substances which the body can convert into vitamins.
...a table that converts into an ironing board.
2 [VERB] V n, V n into n, V-ed
If someone converts a room or building, they alter it in order to use it for a different purpose.
By converting the loft, they were able to have two extra bedrooms.
...the entrepreneur who wants to convert County Hall into an hotel...
He is living in a converted barn.
3 [VERB] V n to/into n, V n
If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
Save money by converting your car to unleaded...
The programme to convert every gas burner in Britain took 10 years.
4 [VERB] V n prep, also V n
If you convert a quantity from one system of measurement to another, you calculate what the quantity is in the second system.
Converting metric measurements to U.S. equivalents is easy.
5 [VERB] V n, V n to n, V to n
If someone converts you, they persuade you to change your religious or political beliefs. You can also say that someone converts to a different religion.
If you try to convert him, you could find he just walks away...
He was a major influence in converting Godwin to political radicalism...
He converted to Catholicism in 1917.
6 [N-COUNT] oft N to n
A convert is someone who has changed their religious or political beliefs.
She, too, was a convert to Roman Catholicism.
...a Muslim convert now known as Yusuf Islam.
7 [VERB] V n to n, also V n
If someone converts you to something, they make you very enthusiastic about it.
He quickly converted me to the joys of cross-country skiing.
8 [N-COUNT] usu N to n
If you describe someone as a convert to something, you mean that they have recently become very enthusiastic about it.
...recent converts to vegetarianism.
9
to preach to the converted: see preach