CONVERSION

/-ʒ(ə)n/ ► audio Scrabble 15 Words With Friends 19

Definition

  1. noun an event that results in a transformation. — synonyms: transition, changeover
  2. noun a change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade".
  3. noun a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown.
  4. noun a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life. — synonyms: rebirth, spiritual_rebirth
  5. noun (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis.
  6. noun a change of religion.
  7. noun interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition.
  8. noun act of exchanging one type of money or security for another.
  9. noun the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another.

Examples

  • “His conversion to Christianity”
  • “the conversion of a horse”
  • “the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions”

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