CONVERT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

change She'll always be like that - you can't change her.
alter We've had to alter our plans.
vary Try to vary the children's diet a little.
convert We're going to convert the spare bedroom into an office.
turn into There are plans to turn his latest book into a film.
transform The riverside area has been transformed into a shopping and sports complex.

Those who attempted to convert the heathen were put to death .
The house , a former barn , has been attractively converted.
They bought a converted mews .
Nitrogen is converted into nitrates in the soil which plants can then use.
You needn't bother telling us how recycling helps the environment , because you're preaching to the converted.

(Definition of convert from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

convert | Intermediate English

convert

verb [ I/T ]

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Someone who is converted to something is persuaded to accept new preferences or beliefs :

[ I ] Most of the families in the community converted recently .

noun [ C/U ] us

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/ kənˈvɜr·ʒən /

convert

noun [ C ]

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someone who accepts a new religion or belief :

The candidate won millions of converts to his tax proposal .

Jim called himself a new convert to the Republican Party .

convert

verb

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to change from one type of system or organization to another, or to make something do this:

convert into/to sth At the end of the 1990s, many building societies converted into banks .

convert sth into/to sth A trade regime was introduced requiring countries to convert import quotas to tariffs .

[ T ] FINANCE , STOCK MARKET

to exchange one type of currency , share , etc. for another:

convert sth (from sth) into/to sth They had converted all their cash from pounds into dollars .

Investors have the option of converting bonds into equity

convert sth (from sth) into sth They were successfully converted from a traditional retailing outlet into a dot.com operation .

(Definition of convert from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of convert ?