Definitions
1.verbTo transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product."A kettle converts water into steam."
2.verbTo change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another."He converted his garden into a tennis court."
3.verbTo induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 11)."They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed."
4.verbTo exchange for something of equal value."We converted our pounds into euros."
5.verbTo express (a quantity) in alternative units.
6.verbTo express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter."How do you convert feet into metres?"
7.verbTo appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
8.verb(rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
9.verbTo score (especially a penalty kick).
10.verb(ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
11.verbTo undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3)."We’ve converted to Methodism."
12.verbTo become converted."The chair converts into a bed."
13.verbTo cause to turn; to turn.
14.verbTo change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
15.verbTo turn into another language; to translate.
16.verbTo increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.
17.verbTo perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion."Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not."
18.adjectiveChanged in form or function etc."He was a converted Jew, living in a converted chapel."