English > convert: 12 senses > verb 2, change| Meaning | change the nature, purpose, or function of something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Examples | - "convert lead into gold"
- "convert hotels into jails"
- "convert slaves to laborers"
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| Narrower | caramelize, caramelise | convert to caramel |
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| compost | convert to compost |
| cutinize | convert into cutin |
| deaden | convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil |
| diazotize | convert (an amine) into a diazo compound |
| dress | convert into leather |
| duplex | change into a duplex |
| encode | Convert information into code |
| ferment, work | Cause to undergo fermentation |
| feudalize | Bring (a country or people) under feudalism |
| flour | convert grain into flour |
| fossilize, fossilise | convert to a fossil |
| hay | convert (plant material) into hay |
| humify | Convert (plant remains) into humus |
| keratinize, keratinise | convert into keratin |
| lignify | convert into wood or cause to become woody |
| malt | convert into malt |
| malt | convert grain into malt |
| mineralize | Transform (a metal) into an ore |
| mineralize | convert into a mineral substance |
| nitrify | convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria |
| novelize, novelise, fictionalize, fictionalise | convert into the form or the style of a novel |
| opalize, opalise | Replace or convert into opal |
| ozonize, ozonise | convert (oxygen) into ozone |
| rasterize | convert (an image) into pixels |
| receive | convert into sounds or pictures |
| reclaim | make useful again |
| reconvert | convert back |
| scrap | make into scrap or refuse |
| slag | convert into slag |
| sporulate | convert into spores |
| sulfate | convert into a sulfate |
| tan | treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather |
| transcribe | convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA |
| transition | Cause to convert or undergo a transition |
| verbalize, verbalise | convert into a verb |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Similar to | convert | change in nature, purpose, or function |
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| Spanish | convertir, transformar |
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| Catalan | convertir, transformar |
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| Adjectives | convertible | designed to be changed from one use or form to another |
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| Nouns | conversion | the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another |
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| convertor | a device for changing one substance or form or state into another |
English > convert: 12 senses > verb 4, change| Meaning | Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Examples | - "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"
- "convert centimeters into inches"
- "convert holdings into shares"
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| Synonyms | change, exchange, commute |
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| Narrower | break | Exchange for smaller units of money |
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| capitalize, capitalise | convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital |
| launder | convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones |
| rectify | convert into direct current |
| utilize | convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust) |
| Broader | replace | Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient / inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) |
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| Similar to | switch, shift, change | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another |
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| Spanish | cambiar, canjear, convertir, intercambiar, permutar, reemplazar, transformar, trocar |
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| Catalan | baratar, bescanviar, canviar, convertir, intercanviar, permutar, transformar |
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| Adjectives | convertible | capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value |
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| Nouns | conversion | act of exchanging one type of money or security for another |
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English > convert: 12 senses > verb 11, change| Meaning | change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
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| Example | "The substance converts to an acid" |
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| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
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| Narrower | caramelize, caramelise | Be converted into caramel |
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| immobilize, immobilise | convert (assets) into fixed capital |
| malt | Turn into malt, become malt |
| melanize, melanise | convert into, or infiltrate with melanin |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
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| Similar to | convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something |
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| Spanish | acontecer, convertirse, convertir, transformar |
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| Catalan | convertir-se, convertir, esdevenir, transformar |
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| Adjectives | convertible | capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy |
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| Nouns | converter | a device for changing one substance or form or state into another |
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