Meaning of Conversion | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of converting something or someone.
   countable, uncountable
2. Action and effect to convert or convert.
3. A software product converted from one platform to another.
   countable, uncountable
4. Mutation of a thing in another.
5. A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
   countable, uncountable
6. A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
   countable, uncountable
7. An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
   countable, uncountable
8. An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
   countable, uncountable
9. 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.
   countable, uncountable
10. Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
    countable, uncountable
11. 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.
    countable, uncountable
12. The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
13. The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
    countable, uncountable
14. A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
    countable, uncountable
15. Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
    countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“His conversion to Christianity”

“The conversion of the database from ASCII to Unicode”

“Artificial conversion of water into ice.”

“Mike Follin […] also programmed the Spectrum version of The Sentinel (97%, Issue 40), and the excellent coin-op conversions Bubble Bobble (90%, Issue 45) and Bionic Commando (92%, Issue 53).”

“the conversion of a horse”

“Or bring my action of conversion / And trover for my goods.”

“a loft conversion”

“He might even sleep informally: in his vehicle, in a garage-conversion apartment, or beneath a freeway overpass, any of which would be rendered part of the informal landscape by his very act of sleeping.”

“An eccentric artist friend of mine lives in a loft conversion that features a lot of unusual brickwork and glass ornamentation.”

“Betternest says a cellar conversion could add around 25 per cent to your home's value.”

“the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions”

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