ALL meanings of convert
con·vert
C c - verb with object convert to turn to another or a particular use or purpose; divert from the original or intended use: They converted the study into a nursery for the baby. 1
- verb with object convert to modify (something) so as to serve a different function: to convert an automobile factory to the manufacture of tanks. 1
- verb with object convert to obtain an equivalent value for in an exchange or calculation, as money or units of measurement: to convert bank notes into gold; to convert yards into meters. 1
- verb with object convert Finance. to exchange voluntarily (a bond or preferred stock) into another security, usually common stock, because of the greater value of the latter. 1
- verb with object convert to change in character; cause to turn from an evil life to a righteous one: to convert a criminal. 1
- verb with object convert Chemistry. to cause (a substance) to undergo a chemical change: to convert sugar into alcohol. 1
- verb with object convert to invert or transpose. 1
- verb with object convert Law. to assume unlawful rights of ownership of (personal property). to change the form of (property), as from realty to personalty or vice versa. 1
- verb with object convert to appropriate wrongfully to one's own use. 1
- verb with object convert Logic. to transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) by conversion. 1
- verb with object convert Computers. to subject to conversion. 1
- verb without object convert to become converted. 1
- verb without object convert Football. to make a conversion. 1
- noun convert a convertible automobile. 1
- noun convert a convertible bond. 1