convert

convert is a 7-letter English word with 23 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause to turn; to turn. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cause to turn; to turn.
2. transitive verb. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.
3. transitive verb. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.
4. transitive verb. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.
5. transitive verb. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
6. transitive verb. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.
7. transitive verb. To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
8. transitive verb. To turn into another language; to translate.
9. intransitive verb. To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.
10. noun. A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity.
11. noun. A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.
12. noun. a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
13. verb. change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change

    "The substance converts to an acid"

14. verb. change the nature, purpose, or function of something

    "convert lead into gold"

    "convert hotels into jails"

15. verb. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

    "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"

    "He changed his name"

    Synonyms: change, commute, exchange

16. verb. exchange a penalty for a less severe one

    Synonyms: commute, exchange

17. verb. change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy

    "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt"

18. verb. change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief

    "She converted to Buddhism"

19. verb. cause to adopt a new or different faith

    "The missionaries converted the Indian population"

20. verb. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something

    "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"

    Synonyms: convince

21. verb. score (a spare)
22. verb. complete successfully

    "score a penalty shot or free throw"

23. verb. score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone

    "Smith converted and his team won"

Synonyms

change, commute, exchange, convince

Common word forms

converts, converted, converter, converting, convertable

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