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Verb

convert (third-person singular simple present converts, present participle converting, simple past and past participle converted)

1. (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
   • A kettle converts water into steam.
2. (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
   • And the deff's further sayen that after the said b'gayn the said lambert compounded wt the said lychefeld ffor the moytie of the said Tymber stone glasse yren and tyle aforsaid by fforce whereof the said Lambert and Jane executrix of the testament of the said Thom's lychefeld haue broken and pulled...c. 1540-1553, John Hobson Matthews, editor, Augmentation proceedings: 1540-1553, volume 3, Cardiff Records, published 1901
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?

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