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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːʃ(ə)n/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kən-vûrʹzhən

Definition 1:
• The act of converting something or someone.
Example: His conversion to Christianity
Example: The conversion of the database from ASCII to Unicode
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: metamorphosis, transfiguration, transformation
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• A software product converted from one platform to another.
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
Labels: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
Labels: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports, countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
Labels: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
Labels: business, marketing, countable, uncountable

Definition 7:
• 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.
Example: the conversion of a horse
Labels: law, countable, uncountable

Definition 8:
• Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
Example: a loft conversion
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 9:
• 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.
Labels: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 10:
• The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.
Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Definition 11:
• The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
Labels: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 12:
• A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
Example: the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions
Labels: mathematics, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 13:
• Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
Labels: countable, slang, uncountable

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conversion