US /ˌrikənˈvɜrt/ UK /ˌriːkənˈvɜːt/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to convert back to a former state, form, or belief

    The factory was reconverted to civilian production after the war.

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Synonyms
1 verb · to convert back to a former... revertchangetransformrestorereverse
Word family
Derived forms reconvertedreconvertingreconversion

Etymology

From re- ('back, again') + convert, from Latin convertere ('to turn around'), from con- ('together') + vertere ('to turn').

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