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单词 convert
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convertverb

uk/kənˈvɜːt/us/kənˈvɝːt/

convert verb (CHANGE)

B2 [ I or T ] to (cause something or someone to) change in form or character:

Could we convert the small bedroom into a second bathroom?
What's the formula for converting pounds into kilograms?

C2 [ I or T ] to change to a new religion, belief, opinion, etc., or to make someone do this:

He converted to (= started believing in) Catholicism when he got married.
I used to hate exercise, but my sister has converted me (to it).

More examples

  • Those who attempted to convert the heathen were put to death.
  • The house, a former barn, has been attractively converted.
  • They bought a converted mews.
  • Nitrogen is converted into nitrates in the soil which plants can then use.
  • You needn't bother telling us how recycling helps the environment, because you're preaching to the converted.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Changing

  • a new broom sweeps clean idiom
  • about-turn
  • alter
  • alternate
  • alternation
  • bastardize
  • fluid
  • move on
  • move the goalposts idiom
  • move with the times idiom
  • new
  • new broom
  • onto
  • reverse
  • swing
  • transfigure
  • transform
  • transitional
  • transmogrify
  • transmute

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convert verb (SPORTS)

[ T ] in sport , to score extra points such as a conversion, free throw, or penalty shot

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Rugby

  • drop kick
  • field of play
  • footy
  • game ball
  • hack
  • heel
  • match fit
  • match fitness
  • post-match
  • ruck
  • rugby
  • rugger
  • scrum
  • scrum half
  • scrummager
  • shirt pad
  • squad rotation
  • test match
  • throw-in
  • touchdown

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convertnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈkɒn.vɜːt/us/ˈkɑːn.vɝːt/

someone who changes their beliefs, habits, or way of living:

a Christian/Buddhist convert
a convert to vegetarianism/wholemeal bread

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Religious people: believers & non-believers

  • agnostic
  • apophatic
  • apostasy
  • apostate
  • atheist
  • believer
  • faithless
  • freethinker
  • God-fearing
  • godless
  • hard core
  • heathen
  • humanism
  • non-believer
  • parishioner
  • revisionism
  • secularism
  • skeptic
  • the laity
  • theist

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