Convert
verb
To change something into a different form or use.
You can convert the bed into a sofa during the day.
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verb
To convince someone to change their belief or religion.
He was converted to Christianity while in prison.
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- convert to
- convert from
verb
To change a file or data on a computer into a different form.
You'll need to convert the document into a PDF before you upload it.
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- convert into
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Technical
noun
A person who has changed their beliefs or religion.
As a convert to Buddhism, she no longer eats meat.
verb
To change units of measurement into equivalents of another system.
Please convert miles into kilometers.
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- convert to
- convert into
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Academic
verb
To change something into a different form or use.
You can convert the bed into a sofa during the day.
Often appears as...
- convert to
- convert into
verb
To convince someone to change their belief or religion.
He was converted to Christianity while in prison.
Often appears as...
- convert to
- convert from
verb
To change a file or data on a computer into a different form.
You'll need to convert the document into a PDF before you upload it.
Often appears as...
- convert to
- convert into
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who has changed their beliefs or religion.
As a convert to Buddhism, she no longer eats meat.
verb
To change units of measurement into equivalents of another system.
Please convert miles into kilometers.
Often appears as...
- convert to
- convert into
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Versatile Use
Convert implies an alteration in form or function that enhances versatility or utility.
They converted their dining room into a home office.
Pro Tip 2/2Literal Change
'Convert' often involves a physical change you can see, not just an idea or feeling.
The company plans to convert the old warehouse into apartments.
Pro Tip 1/2Versatile Use
Convert implies an alteration in form or function that enhances versatility or utility.
They converted their dining room into a home office.
Pro Tip 2/2Literal Change
'Convert' often involves a physical change you can see, not just an idea or feeling.
The company plans to convert the old warehouse into apartments.
Pro Tip 1/2Versatile Use
Convert implies an alteration in form or function that enhances versatility or utility.
They converted their dining room into a home office.
Pro Tip 2/2Literal Change
'Convert' often involves a physical change you can see, not just an idea or feeling.
The company plans to convert the old warehouse into apartments.
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What does the liver do?...
to the cholesterol that helps the body create hormones. It also makes vitamin D and substances that help digestion. But one of its most vital products is bile. Like an eco-friendly treatment plant, the liver uses cells called hepatocytes to convert toxic waste products into this bitter greenish liquid.
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How a wound heals itself...
Finally, in the fourth stage of remodeling, the wound matures as the newly deposited collagen is rearranged and converted into specific types. Through this process, which can take over a year, the tensile strength of the new skin is improved, and blood vessels and other connections are strengthened.
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Nature's smallest...
that repeatedly reuse and rebuild ingredients crafting as much as possible out of the planet's available resources. Such as that sugar, built using raw sunlight and carbon converted in plant factories to become the energy that powers you and keeps the cycles revolving in your own life.
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How Magellan circumnaviga...
and convert the rebellious chief of Mactan, the captain readily agreed. The adventure would be his last. Overconfident and severely outnumbered, Magellan's force was overwhelmed, and the native's bamboo spears ended the captain's life. Yet the voyage had to continue.
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How do solar panels...
So is it possible that one day the world could be completely reliant on solar energy? To answer that question, we first need to examine how solar panels convert solar energy to electrical energy. Solar panels are made up of smaller units called solar cells.
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You are your microbes -...
by converting them into chemicals, like alcohol and hydrogen gas, which they spew out as waste products. Deeper in the depths of our gut city, the syntrophs eke out a living off the fermenters' trash. At each step of this process,
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The Heroes Saving Our...
I think it's important to get out into nature once you do that I think it's very hard not to become a convert to the cause of conservation as a whole biodiversity is us and it's in our own best interests who ensure that the
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Would You Eat Bull...
high praise with his power to transform the taboo into the tantalizing chef Cho may win new converts to this ancient delicacy diners who may seek it out not just for its romantic and medicinal effects but also for its taste
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An inside look at...
Mounted Police integrated national security enforcement team and gave testimony in five legal hearings over four years and one of the things that I noticed and observed when I was undercover is the presence of converts
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Kailash Satyarthi: How...
But I ask why? Why can't we convert our anger for the larger good of society? Why can't we use our anger to challenge and change the evils of the world?
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What does the liver do?...
to the cholesterol that helps the body create hormones. It also makes vitamin D and substances that help digestion. But one of its most vital products is bile. Like an eco-friendly treatment plant, the liver uses cells called hepatocytes to convert toxic waste products into this bitter greenish liquid.
Video examples
How a wound heals itself...
Finally, in the fourth stage of remodeling, the wound matures as the newly deposited collagen is rearranged and converted into specific types. Through this process, which can take over a year, the tensile strength of the new skin is improved, and blood vessels and other connections are strengthened.
Video examples
Nature's smallest...
that repeatedly reuse and rebuild ingredients crafting as much as possible out of the planet's available resources. Such as that sugar, built using raw sunlight and carbon converted in plant factories to become the energy that powers you and keeps the cycles revolving in your own life.
Video examples
How Magellan circumnaviga...
and convert the rebellious chief of Mactan, the captain readily agreed. The adventure would be his last. Overconfident and severely outnumbered, Magellan's force was overwhelmed, and the native's bamboo spears ended the captain's life. Yet the voyage had to continue.
Video examples
How do solar panels...
So is it possible that one day the world could be completely reliant on solar energy? To answer that question, we first need to examine how solar panels convert solar energy to electrical energy. Solar panels are made up of smaller units called solar cells.
Video examples
You are your microbes -...
by converting them into chemicals, like alcohol and hydrogen gas, which they spew out as waste products. Deeper in the depths of our gut city, the syntrophs eke out a living off the fermenters' trash. At each step of this process,
Video examples
The Heroes Saving Our...
I think it's important to get out into nature once you do that I think it's very hard not to become a convert to the cause of conservation as a whole biodiversity is us and it's in our own best interests who ensure that the
Video examples
Would You Eat Bull...
high praise with his power to transform the taboo into the tantalizing chef Cho may win new converts to this ancient delicacy diners who may seek it out not just for its romantic and medicinal effects but also for its taste
Video examples
An inside look at...
Mounted Police integrated national security enforcement team and gave testimony in five legal hearings over four years and one of the things that I noticed and observed when I was undercover is the presence of converts
Video examples
Kailash Satyarthi: How...
But I ask why? Why can't we convert our anger for the larger good of society? Why can't we use our anger to challenge and change the evils of the world?
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Jason Witten
American Football Player
You want to be able to run seam routes and do all that, but to have something that you can hang your hat on and know that it's going to convert first downs, that's what tight ends are paid to do. And I've certainly taken a lot of pride in that over the years.
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Jim Henson
American Entertainer
NBC was trying to convert all of their local programming to color right away to encourage the sale of the sets, so I barely remember working in black and white, although I do know that I did do it, but there was not a major difference, though.
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Goran Dragic
Slovenian Athlete
Even people back home, when I went to the NBA they were questioning whether I was good enough, I'm skinny, I don't have outside shot. As a player, sometimes that criticism, you just have to take that and try to convert it into motivation.
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Ginnifer Goodwin
American Actress
There's nothing I want less than a piece of cheese or a burger. I have nightmares I'm being force-fed these things. I have no interest in converting anyone. It's purely how I want to live my life. I don't judge anyone.
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Kaley Cuoco
American Actress
When I moved in, I said, 'I don't care how this makes me look or sound: I am converting one of these bedrooms into a shoe closet.' It's become more of a dressing room, but one wall is shoes in their perfect cubbies.
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Rosie O'Donnell
American Comedian
You can walk through life believing in the goodness of the world, or walk through life afraid of anyone who thinks different than you and trying to convert them to your way of thinking.
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Paul Washer
American Clergyman
We need preachers. We need men who believe that this task and women who believe that this task is so great that not all the strategies in the world can make one soul converted.
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Nikolai Gogol
Russian Writer
The higher truths are, the more cautious one must be with them; otherwise, they are converted into common things, and common things are not believed.
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Yemi Osinbajo
Nigerian Politician
You don't have to cheat or steal to be successful in life, but you must be ready to convert your challenges to opportunity.
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Pasquier Quesnel
French Theologian
The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
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Jason Witten
American Football Player
You want to be able to run seam routes and do all that, but to have something that you can hang your hat on and know that it's going to convert first downs, that's what tight ends are paid to do. And I've certainly taken a lot of pride in that over the years.
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Jim Henson
American Entertainer
NBC was trying to convert all of their local programming to color right away to encourage the sale of the sets, so I barely remember working in black and white, although I do know that I did do it, but there was not a major difference, though.
Quote examples
Goran Dragic
Slovenian Athlete
Even people back home, when I went to the NBA they were questioning whether I was good enough, I'm skinny, I don't have outside shot. As a player, sometimes that criticism, you just have to take that and try to convert it into motivation.
Quote examples
Ginnifer Goodwin
American Actress
There's nothing I want less than a piece of cheese or a burger. I have nightmares I'm being force-fed these things. I have no interest in converting anyone. It's purely how I want to live my life. I don't judge anyone.
Quote examples
Kaley Cuoco
American Actress
When I moved in, I said, 'I don't care how this makes me look or sound: I am converting one of these bedrooms into a shoe closet.' It's become more of a dressing room, but one wall is shoes in their perfect cubbies.
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Rosie O'Donnell
American Comedian
You can walk through life believing in the goodness of the world, or walk through life afraid of anyone who thinks different than you and trying to convert them to your way of thinking.
Quote examples
Paul Washer
American Clergyman
We need preachers. We need men who believe that this task and women who believe that this task is so great that not all the strategies in the world can make one soul converted.
Quote examples
Nikolai Gogol
Russian Writer
The higher truths are, the more cautious one must be with them; otherwise, they are converted into common things, and common things are not believed.
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Yemi Osinbajo
Nigerian Politician
You don't have to cheat or steal to be successful in life, but you must be ready to convert your challenges to opportunity.
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Pasquier Quesnel
French Theologian
The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
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