Meaning

13 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of converting something or someone.

    His conversion to Christianity

    The conversion of the database from ASCII to Unicode

  2. (countable, uncountable)A software product converted from one platform to another.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.

    превраще́ниеprevraščénije

  4. (countable, uncountable)A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.

    Erhöhung

    a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown

  5. (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.

  6. (countable, uncountable)An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.

  7. (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.

    the conversion of a horse

  8. (countable, uncountable)Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.

    a loft conversion

  9. (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.

    Konversion, Nullableitung

  10. (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.

    interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition

  11. (countable, uncountable)A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.

    the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions

    a change in the units or form of an expression:

  12. (countable, slang, uncountable)Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.

Examples

90 sentences
  1. If conversion therapy worked, I would go for it.

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  2. Conversion to solar energy continues to gain steam.

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  3. You'll have to do a lot of conversions.

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  4. Do you know the conversion rate between dollars and euros?

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  5. A loft conversion can add considerable value to a property.

    deEin Dachbodenausbau kann den Wert einer Immobilie erheblich steigern.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of having converted something or someone:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
the act of having converted something or someone:
rugby: a free kick:
linguistics: the process whereby a new word is created without changing the form:

Origin

From Middle English conversion, conversioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conversion, from L

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

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