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conversion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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kən-vûrʹzhən (US)
/kənˈvɜːʃ(ə)n/ (UK)
/-ʒ(ə)n/ (UK)
/kənˈvɝʒən/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The act of converting something or someone.
- Artificial conversion of water into ice. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- His conversion to Christianity
- The conversion of the database from ASCII to Unicode
(countable, uncountable) A software product converted from one platform to another.
- Mike Follin […] also programmed the Spectrum version of The Sentinel (97%, Issue 40), and the excellent coin-op conversions Bubble Bobble (90%, Issue 45) and Bionic Commando (92%, Issue 53). 1988 December, Crash, number 59:
(countable, uncountable) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
(countable, uncountable) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
(countable, uncountable) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
(countable, uncountable) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
(countable, uncountable) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
- Or bring my action of conversion / And trover for my goods. 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
- the conversion of a horse
(countable, uncountable) Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
- He might even sleep informally: in his vehicle, in a garage-conversion apartment, or beneath a freeway overpass, any of which would be rendered part of the informal landscape by his very act of sleeping. 2005, Jason Francis MacCannell, Homelessness in Sacramento: A Landscape Geography:
- Betternest says a cellar conversion could add around 25 per cent to your home's value. 2014 July 8, Centaur Media, 20 Ways to Add Space and Value to Your Homes, Centaur Media, page 32:
- a loft conversion
- An eccentric artist friend of mine lives in a loft conversion that features a lot of unusual brickwork and glass ornamentation. 2010 March 24, Sandra Rinomato, Realty Check: Real Estate Secrets for First-Time Canadian Home Buyers, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 110:
(countable, uncountable) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.
(countable, uncountable) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
(countable, uncountable) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
- the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions
(countable, qualifier:board games, slang, uncountable) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
conversions	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (77)

fi käännyttäminen (the act of having converted something or someone) · mi whakatahuritanga (the act of having converted something or someone) · te మార్పిడి (the act of having converted something or someone) · tr tahvil (the act of having converted something or someone) · iso sta (the act of having converted something or someone) · et muundamine (the act of having converted something or someone) · tr komütasyon (the act of having converted something or someone) · ro prefacere (the act of having converted something or someone) · ca transformació (rugby: a free kick) · de Nullableitung (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · fi muunnos (the act of having converted something or someone) · nn konvertering (the act of having converted something or someone) · pl adaptacja (the act of having converted something or someone) · eo konverto (the act of having converted something or someone) · hu megtérés (the act of having converted something or someone) · hu konverzió (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · ru обраще́ние (the act of having converted something or someone) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (the act of having converted something or someone) · ro transformare (the act of having converted something or someone) · hu szófaji átcsapás (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · gl conversión (the act of having converted something or someone) · bg превръщане (the result of a chemical reaction wherein the molecule changes form) · fi muuntaminen (the act of having converted something or someone) · it conversione (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · ru превраще́ние (the result of a chemical reaction wherein the molecule changes form) · it conversione (the result of a chemical reaction wherein the molecule changes form) · hu betérés (the act of having converted something or someone) · tr dönüşüm (the act of having converted something or someone) · nb konvertering (the act of having converted something or someone) · fi kääntäminen (the act of having converted something or someone) · tr dönüştürüm (the act of having converted something or someone) · hu áttérés (the act of having converted something or someone) · hu átalakulás (the act of having converted something or someone) · de Umwandlung (the act of having converted something or someone) · it conversione (the act of having converted something or someone) · es transcategorización (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · ro conversiune (the act of having converted something or someone) · de Konversion (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · it derivazione zero (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · grc ἐπιστροφή (the act of having converted something or someone) · es translación (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · hu szófajváltás (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · gd iompachadh (the act of having converted something or someone) · hu átalakítás (the act of having converted something or someone) · bg превръщане (the act of having converted something or someone) · ja 改宗 (the act of having converted something or someone) · te మార్పిడి (the result of a chemical reaction wherein the molecule changes form) · tr çevirim (the act of having converted something or someone) · nl bekering (the act of having converted something or someone) · ro conversie (the act of having converted something or someone) · nl conversie (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · pl konwersja (the act of having converted something or someone) · fr dérivation impropre (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · nl omzetting (the result of a chemical reaction wherein the molecule changes form) · tr tahavvül (the act of having converted something or someone) · ga tiontú (the act of having converted something or someone) · hu konvertálás (the act of having converted something or someone) · he המרת דת (the act of having converted something or someone) · ru конве́рсия (the act of having converted something or someone) · ro convertire (the act of having converted something or someone) · ru превраще́ние (the act of having converted something or someone) · ro conversie (the result of a chemical reaction wherein the molecule changes form) · zza tadayış (the act of having converted something or someone) · fr conversion (the act of having converted something or someone) · it conversione (rugby: a free kick) · pt conversão (the act of having converted something or someone) · el μεταστροφή (the act of having converted something or someone) · hu konverzió (the act of having converted something or someone) · es conversión (the act of having converted something or someone) · ro conversiune (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · hu zéró morfémás deriváció (linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form) · bg обръщане (the act of having converted something or someone) · fi lisäpiste (American football: extra point) · tr konversiyon (the act of having converted something or someone) · pl konwersja (the result of a chemical reaction wherein the molecule changes form) · de Erhöhung (rugby: a free kick) · hu átváltás (the act of having converted something or someone)

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