# conversion

Pronunciation: US say "kuhn-VUR-zhuhn" /kənˈvɝʒən/; UK say "kuhn-VUR-shuhn" /kənˈvɜːʃ(ə)n/

## Noun

1. The act of changing something or someone into a different form, state, or belief.
   - Simple: The act of changing something or someone into a different form, type, or belief.
   - _The conversion of raw data into readable reports happens overnight._
   - _Many small influences shaped his conversion from skeptic to believer._
2. An extra point, or two, scored after a touchdown by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone.
   - Simple: An extra point or two scored after a touchdown, by kicking the ball or carrying it into the end zone.
   - _After the touchdown, the offense lined up for the conversion._
   - _A failed conversion left the score tied at the half._
3. A free kick taken after scoring a try, worth two points if the ball goes between the goalposts.
   - Simple: A kick at the goal that a team gets after scoring a try, worth two points.
   - _His conversion sailed through the posts to extend the lead._
   - _A tricky angle made the conversion difficult from the touchline._
4. An online advertising metric that counts each time a visitor completes the action an ad is designed to prompt, such as a purchase or sign-up.
   - Simple: A sale or sign-up that happens after someone clicks an online ad, used to measure how well the ad works.
   - _Marketers track each conversion to see which ads actually drive sales._
   - _A higher conversion rate meant the redesigned landing page was working._
5. Living space created in a part of a building that was previously unusable, or the process of building it.
   - Simple: A living area built in part of a building that no one could live in before, like an attic or basement.
   - _The loft conversion added two bedrooms to their small house._
   - _The building permit delayed the basement conversion for months._
6. A word-formation process in which a new word is created without changing its form, often by shifting it to a different part of speech.
   - Simple: Making a new word by using an existing one in a different role, like turning a noun into a verb.
   - _Conversion produced the verb "to friend" from the noun "friend."_
   - _Many adjectives enter use as nouns through conversion, like "a daily" for a newspaper._
7. A chemical reaction in which a starting material is transformed into a product.
   - Simple: A chemical change that turns one substance into a different one.
   - _Catalysts increase the conversion of nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia._
   - _Chemists measured the conversion of the reactant after one hour._
8. A tort in which someone takes or damages another person's property so as to deprive the owner of its use, making the wrongdoer liable for its full value.
   - Simple: Taking or destroying someone's property so completely that they lose all use of it, making the taker pay its full value.
   - _The court found the defendant liable for conversion of the stolen equipment._
   - _Selling goods entrusted to you for safekeeping can give rise to a claim for conversion._
9. A software product that has been adapted to run on a platform different from its original one.
   - Simple: A program that has been changed so it can run on a different computer or system.
   - _The studio released a conversion of the PC title for handheld devices._
   - _Early conversions of arcade hits often lost graphics during the port._
10. An operation that interchanges the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate or the reverse.
   - Simple: Swapping the subject and predicate of a statement to form a new one.
   - _Conversion of "No birds are mammals" yields "No mammals are birds."_
   - _Logicians warn that conversion of a universal affirmative needs care to stay valid._
11. In logic, a transformation of a proposition that alters or reduces its form or value.
   - Simple: A change in the form or value of a math statement.
   - _The proof relied on a conversion that simplified the original proposition._
   - _Each conversion preserved the truth of the statement while shortening it._
12. The act of changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by combining parts from different models or reshaping them. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Changing a small model figure into a different character by mixing or reshaping its parts.
   - _Her conversion combined a dragon's wings with a knight's body._
   - _A clever conversion gave the old figure a brand-new weapon and pose._

## Noun

13. The act of turning around, as in a full revolution about an axis or center. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The act of turning around in a circle, or one full turn.
   - _The astronomer described the conversion of the heavenly spheres about the earth._
   - _With each conversion of the wheel, the bucket rose from the well._

## Origin

From Middle English conversion, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conversion, which came from Latin conversiō, itself from the verb convertō.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/conversion (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).