transitive verb

1. to change from one form or use to another; transform convert grain into flour
2. to cause to change as from one religion, doctrine, or course to another
3. to exchange for something equal in value
4. Finance
   1. to exchange (preferred stock, bonds, etc.) for another kind or class of security, esp. common stock
   2. to exchange (a currency) for an equivalent amount of another currency or precious metal
5. Football, Rugby to make (the extra point or points of a conversion) after a touchdown or try
6. Law
   1. to appropriate or use (another's property) by conversion (sense )
   2. to change (property) from real to personal, or the reverse
7. Logic to change (a proposition) by conversion

Etymology: ME converten < OFr convertir < L convertere < com-, together + vertere, to turn: see verse

intransitive verb

1. to be converted
2. ☆ Bowling to knock down all of the standing pins on the second bowl, scoring a spare
3. ☆ Football, Rugby to make a conversion

noun