1The process of changing or causing something to change from one form to another.

1. 1.1 The adaptation of a building or part of a building for a new use.
   the conversion of a house into flats

   count noun they were carrying out a loft conversion

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Having looked at the project in detail however, I have come to the conclusion that conversion of the building to a shopping centre is not a viable option on a stand alone basis.
   • In the smaller villages only conversion of existing buildings to residential use will be permitted.
   • With an attractive beamed ceiling as well as windows to the front and sides, this has potential for conversion to a self-contained flat, subject to the relevant planning permission.
   • There is also an integrated double garage for which there is planning permission for conversion into dual level self-contained accommodation.
   • With military precision, building conversion went ahead at top speed.
   • The building's conversion into a large gallery required internal reorganization.
   • Planning permission to carry out the major conversion work on the building and create 22 apartments was granted in May.
   • These projects will involve the construction of 1,500 new apartments and the conversion of 1,000 units from existing housing or health facilities.
   • Well we're all fairly sad to see the village shop being boarded up for conversion into two houses.
   • The new scheme involves building 18 new homes on the site plus a partial demolition of the public house buildings and conversion of the rest into four flats.
   • On hearing these concerns, the council agreed to market the building for conversion to housing.
   • Apart from minor rebuilding necessary for conversion, the buildings will retain their present appearance.
   • Finally he stated that retention and conversion of the existing building was not viable.
   • There is nothing illogical about treating conversion of buildings other than agricultural ones on their merits.
   • Kennet has offered grant aid of £25,000 towards the repair and conversion of the building.
   • A tremendous boom in cinema building and conversion took place during the next few years and continued unabated until the First World War, by which time there were about 3,500.
   • At that point, the developer will begin the process of renovation and conversion.
   • If your loft conversion is in a two-storey house, you will have to encase the existing stairs of the house to create a fire-protected means of escape.
   • The conversion of an existing building from a non-occupied use into residential living space typically requires several things to meet the building codes.
   • He wonders if any bid has been made to market the property, which is said to need £20 million spending on it, as a house or for conversion into apartments.

   Synonyms

   adaptation, reconstruction, rebuilding, redevelopment, refashioning, redesign, restyling, revamping

   renovation, rehabilitation

   alteration, modification, customization
2. 1.2British count noun A building that has been adapted for a new use.
   high-quality cottages and barn conversions

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Shop conversions have become increasingly popular as traditional corner stores have been forced to close.
   • Now almost all new homes, including barn conversions, will only receive planning approval if they are sold at below market prices to local people with genuine housing needs.
   • Durable and seamlessly stylish, glossy resin looks beautiful in open-plan areas and warehouse conversions.
   • The plans for a side extension, replacement of existing roof and loft conversion were considered by the town council planning committee last week.
   • There have been several mill conversions in Little Germany and there are controversial plans to pull down an old factory in the former wool quarter to replace it with a new £8.5 million building.
   • They include conversions at Victorian buildings including Silens Mill, in Little Germany, and Ivegate House, near City Hall.
   • Other hot properties in Bradford include conversions at Victorian buildings including Silens Mill, in Little Germany, and Ivegate House, near City Hall.
   • Much of the work relates to house extensions and conversions where applications have increased by 40 per cent.
   • Another option may be a loft or basement conversion, or just a ‘re-ordering’ of the space you currently have.
   • It's a gorgeous split level apartment on the fourth floor of a school conversion in Camberwell.
   • A handful of the buildings are complete town houses, but most are upmarket conversions with Jeeps and Range Rovers parked outside.
   • Over the last ten years in the Craven District Council area, permission was granted for 188 conversions and 188 new buildings.
   • The policy also includes new property developments in existing buildings such as barn conversions.
   • Initially he focused on small scale residential conversions but Kennedy's big breakthrough came with the purchase of a disused Baptist church in Edinburgh's Dublin Street.
   • Andy's flat (I suppose I should call it an apartment really) is a beautiful loft conversion - one of those one big room affairs.
   • ‘The warehouse conversions in London were really coming of age,’ recalls Wayne.
   • The potential exists to create one - or possibly more - residential conversions.
   • The scheme was introduced by Labour as part of a wider package of measures to encourage the regeneration of Britain's towns and cities, which included a reduced rate of VAT on residential conversions.
   • The conversion also includes holiday accommodation, which will mean the building will be used all year.
   • The accommodation is completed by an impressive attic conversion with separate landing overhead.
3. 1.3Law The changing of real property into personalty, or of joint into separate property, or vice versa.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • It was held that the plaintiffs could successfully maintain an action in conversion against the defendant as they still enjoyed the general property in the car.
   • A fortunate few have previously negotiated conversion from lease to proper title with the former laird for just the cost of the legal expenses.
   • They may be interests in property, as in actions for trespass and conversion; or interests in unimpaired relations with others, as in causing injury or death to relatives.
   • Second, he claims a right to possession under the property law principles of trover and conversion.
   • Nothing, therefore, has happened except a conversion of one form of property held by the partners into another form of property held by the partners.
4. 1.4Logic The transposition of the subject and predicate of a proposition according to certain rules to form a new proposition by inference.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The operations of conversion, obversion, and contraposition are applied to categorical propositions to yield new categorical propositions - these can become immediate arguments.
   • This is a known transformation in logic, and is called conversion by contraposition, or negative conversion.

2The fact of changing one's religion or beliefs or the action of persuading someone else to change theirs.

1. 2.1Christian Theology Repentance and change to a godly life.
   the individual's responsibility in conversion is to repent and believe

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Only in and through the process of conversion and practical change do we have access to the God of Jesus Christ.
   • The monastery, that is to say, is a place of continual repentance, of constantly renewed conversion.
   • The literary masterpiece Barrow draws on to illumine the path of conversion and repentance is Dante's Purgatorio.
   • Paul's conversion was a life-long process that consisted of any number of revelations and encounters with the living Spirit of the Risen Christ.
   • Saturday morning I lectured for another three hours on conversion and repentance.

   Synonyms

   remorse, contrition, contriteness, penitence, sorrow, sorrowfulness, regret, ruefulness, remorsefulness, pangs of conscience, prickings of conscience, shame, guilt, self-reproach, self-condemnation, compunction

3Rugby
count noun A successful kick at goal after a try, scoring two points.

1. 3.1American Football An act of converting a touchdown or a down.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The colleges introduced two-point conversions in 1957.
   • If this monotonous mess doesn't end after two overtimes, teams are forced to go for two points on touchdown conversions.
   • After that go-ahead touchdown, Murdoch ran in a two-point conversion.
   • He bagged two touchdowns, four conversions and a penalty.
   • Throw a touchdown pass and then perhaps go for a two-point conversion if you think it's worth the risk, Jeff!

4(in the context of online marketing) the proportion of people viewing an advertisement and going on to buy the product, click on a link, etc.

5Law
The action of wrongfully dealing with goods in a manner inconsistent with the owner's rights.

6Psychiatry
The manifestation of a mental disturbance as a physical disorder or disease.