convert

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈkɑn.vɚt/ UK /ˈkɒn.vət/ See IPA manual

Freq #9211

Meanings

1

verb
To change something into a different form, substance, or state.

A kettle converts water into steam.
2

verb
To change something from one use or purpose to another.

They converted the garage into a home office.
3

verb
To exchange money or units for another kind.

Could you convert my dollars into pounds?
4

verb
To change your religion, or to make someone adopt a new faith.

She converted to Buddhism after living in Thailand.

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Synonyms

2 verb · to change something from... change over

3 verb · to exchange money or units... exchange

More develop draw evolve metamorphize metamorphose reconvert shift transfigurate transfigure transform transmogrify transmute

Opposites

deconvertrestore revert

Word family

Forms convertedconvertingconverts

Derived forms bioconvertconvertanceconvertaseconverteeconverterconvertibleconvertordownconversiondownconvertdownconverterimmunoconvertinterconvert

Related forms conversionproselytize

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Proverbs (1)

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There's no zealot like a convert

Simplified etymology

Convert entered English in the Middle English period and ultimately derives from Latin vertere, meaning “to turn.”

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).

*wert- Proto-Indo-European converten Middle English convertir Old French converto Latin

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# convert

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑn.vɚt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒn.vət/
**Frequency rank:** 9211

## Meanings
1. To change something into a different form, substance, or state.
2. To change something from one use or purpose to another.
3. To exchange money or units for another kind.
4. To change your religion, or to make someone adopt a new faith.

## Examples
- A kettle converts water into steam.
- They converted the garage into a home office.
- Could you convert my dollars into pounds?
- She converted to Buddhism after living in Thailand.

## Synonyms
- develop
- draw
- evolve
- metamorphize
- metamorphose
- reconvert
- shift
- transfigurate
- transfigure
- transform
- transmogrify
- transmute

## Antonyms
- deconvert
- restore
- revert

## Derived Forms
- bioconvert
- convertance
- convertase
- convertee
- converter
- convertible
- convertor
- downconversion
- downconvert
- downconverter
- immunoconvert
- interconvert

## Related Forms
- conversion
- proselytize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *wert-
- Root: converten
- Root: convertir
- Root: converto

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).

## AI Etymology
convert comes from Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *wert-, Middle English converten, Old French convertir, Latin converto. Current senses include to change something into a different form, substance, or state and to change something from one use or purpose to another. English relatives and later formations include bioconvert, convertance, convertase, conversion, proselytize.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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