convert
To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
Example
“A kettle converts water into steam.”
Other meanings
To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
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.”
Synonyms
- change over
Related words
- bioconvert
- convertance
- convertase
- convertee
- convertor
- immunoconvert
- interconvert
- misconvert
- phenoconvert
- photoconvert
- preconvert
- reconvert
Word history
From Latin "converto" (turn around).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “convert” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.