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convert

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈkɒn.vət

Definitions

  1. Transform in another thing.
  2. A person who has converted to a religion.
  3. Become something or somebody different.
  4. A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.
  5. Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
  6. The equivalent of a conversion in rugby

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Examples

“They were all converts to Islam.”
“While still in this relationship, Greene, a convert to Roman Catholicism at 23, was asked to be godfather to Catherine Walston, a 30-year-old married woman, at her own⟳ conversion.”
“I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook⟳ it, I'm a convert!”
“A great advantage of these temporary conversions of a man into a beast is that it enables the convert in his animal shape⟳ to pay⟳ out his enemy without being suspected.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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