Definizione monolingua

convert

convert (third-person singular simple present converts, present participle converting, simple past and past participle converted)

1. (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

   A kettle converts water into steam.

2. (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.

   He converted his garden into a tennis court.

3. (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief.

   They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.

4. (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.

   We converted our pounds into euros.

5. (transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
6. (transitive) To express (a unit of measure) 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. (transitive, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
8. (ambitransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
   • 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, BBC:

     Flood converted to leave Wales with a 23-9 deficit going into the final quarter.

9. (soccer) To score (a penalty)
   • 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:

     But, after the error by Lampards replacement Kalou, Roberto Soldado converted the penalty.

10. (intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
11. (intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief.

    We’ve converted to Methodism.

12. (intransitive) To become converted.

    The chair converts into a bed.

convert (plural converts)

1. A person who has converted his or her religion.

   They were all converts to Islam.

2. A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.

   I never really liked broccoli before, but now that Ive tasted it the way you cook it, Im a convert!

Definizione dizionario convert

	convertire
	change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
	exchange for (something) of equal value
	transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
	express (a quantity) in alternative units
	To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
	To change from one form or function to another.

cambiare

cambiarsi

convertito

commutare

credente

divenire

tramutare

trasformare

Altri significati:

(transitive, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.

person who has converted religion

convert (a loan)

(intransitive) To become converted.

undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief

a convert (e.g. to Buddhism)

become converted

(transitive) To express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.

(ambitransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.

(transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.

induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief

(transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief.

(intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.

(intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief.

(transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked

A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.

(transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.

(transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.

A person who has converted his or her religion.