conversion

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US /kənˈvɝʒən/ UK /kənˈvɜːʃ(ə)n/ See IPA manual

Freq #14364

Meanings

1

noun
The act of changing something from one form, system, or use into another.

The conversion of the old warehouse into apartments took two years.
2

noun
A change from one religion or strong belief to another.

His conversion to Christianity changed the way he lived.
3

noun
Living space made inside part of a building that could not be lived in before.

They added a bedroom with a clever loft conversion.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of changing... transformation

2 noun · a change from one religion... rebirthspiritual rebirth

More development metamorphosis transfiguration transfigurement transmogrification transmutation

Opposites

deconversionrestoration reversion

Word family

Forms conversions

Derived forms anticonversionautoconversionbioconversioncardioconversioncoconversionconversionalconversionaryconversionlessdeconversiondownconversiongeroconversionhydroconversion

Related forms convert penaltyshapeshifting

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conversion factor
a number used to multiply a measurement when changing it into different units

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English conversion, conversioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conversion, from Latin conversiō, from convertō.

conversion Middle English conversiō Latin

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# conversion

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kənˈvɝʒən/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈvɜːʃ(ə)n/
**Frequency rank:** 14364

## Meanings
1. The act of changing something from one form, system, or use into another.
2. A change from one religion or strong belief to another.
3. Living space made inside part of a building that could not be lived in before.

## Examples
- The conversion of the old warehouse into apartments took two years.
- His conversion to Christianity changed the way he lived.
- They added a bedroom with a clever loft conversion.

## Synonyms
- development
- metamorphosis
- transfiguration
- transfigurement
- transformation
- transmogrification
- transmutation

## Antonyms
- deconversion
- restoration
- reversion

## Derived Forms
- anticonversion
- autoconversion
- bioconversion
- cardioconversion
- coconversion
- conversional
- conversionary
- conversionless
- deconversion
- downconversion
- geroconversion
- hydroconversion

## Related Forms
- convert
- penalty
- shapeshifting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: conversion
- Root: conversiō

## Etymology
From Middle English conversion, conversioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conversion, from Latin conversiō, from convertō.

## AI Etymology
conversion comes from Middle English conversion, conversioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conversion, from Latin conversiō, from convertō. The historical chain includes Middle English conversion, xno conversion, Latin conversiō. Current senses include The act of changing something from one form, system, or use into another and A change from one religion or strong belief to another. English relatives and later formations include anticonversion, autoconversion, bioconversion, convert, penalty.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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