convert
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Verb
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subtypes:
- transduce - cause transduction (of energy forms)
- metricate, metricise, metricize, metrify - convert from a non-metric to the metric system
- decimalise, decimalize - change to the decimal system
- float - convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
same as: change over -
subtypes:
- caramelise, caramelize - convert to caramel
- rasterize - convert (an image) into pixels
- humify - convert (plant remains) into humus
- verbalise, verbalize - convert into a verb
- sporulate - convert into spores
- fictionalise, fictionalize, novelise, novelize - convert into the form or the style of a novel
- deaden - convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- opalise, opalize - replace or convert into opal
- receive - convert into sounds or pictures
- reconvert - convert back
- malt - convert into malt
- malt - convert grain into malt
- feudalize - bring (a country or people) under feudalism
- flour - convert grain into flour
- reclaim - make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state
- ferment, work - cause to undergo fermentation
- nitrify - convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
- fossilise, fossilize - convert to a fossil
- tan - treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
- dress - convert into leather
- compost - convert to compost
- transition - cause to convert or undergo a transition
- transcribe - convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
- scrap - make into scrap or refuse
- keratinise, keratinize - convert into keratin
- diazotize - convert (an amine) into a diazo compound
- hay - convert (plant material) into hay
- lignify - convert into wood or cause to become woody
- mineralize - transform (a metal) into an ore
- mineralize - convert into a mineral substance
- ozonise, ozonize - convert (oxygen) into ozone
- slag - convert into slag
- sulfate - convert into a sulfate
- cutinize - convert into cutin
- duplex - change into a duplex
- encode - convert information into code
verb group: convert - change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change -
is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original natureverb group: convert - cause to adopt a new or different faith
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is a type of: replace - substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)subtypes:
- rectify - convert into direct current
- utilize - convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
- capitalise, capitalize - convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
- launder - convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones
- break - exchange for smaller units of money
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causes: convert - change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious beliefsubtypes:
- islamise, islamize - convert to Islam
- christianise, christianize - convert to Christianity
- evangelise, evangelize - convert to Christianity
- catholicise, catholicize, latinise, latinize - cause to adopt Catholicism
- proselytise, proselytize - convert to another faith or religion
verb group: convert - change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief -
verb group: convert - score (a spare)
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verb group: convert - score (a spare)
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referred to in: bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
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is a type of: persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's armsubtypes: disarm - make less hostile; win over
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referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionsis a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original naturesubtypes:
- caramelise, caramelize - be converted into caramel
- malt - turn into malt, become malt
- immobilise, immobilize - convert (assets) into fixed capital
- melanise, melanize - convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
verb group: convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something
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