converts
- 1Third-person singular simple present indicative of convert.
The plant converts sunlight into usable electricity throughout the day.
Our bank converts foreign currency at a competitive rate.
Note
Every meaning behind this form takes a direct object. A panel converts sunlight, a bank converts currency, a formula converts miles. The thing being changed comes straight after the verb, and the result usually follows with into or to. With people the pattern holds: a preacher converts listeners, and the faith they adopt is introduced by to.
- 2Plural of convert.
The mission attracted dozens of converts within its first year.
Recent converts often bring fresh energy to a congregation.
Note
Most often these are people: those who have taken up a religion, or who now champion something they once opposed or disliked. The same spelling also serves as the present-tense verb, so the surrounding words decide between recent converts and she converts. In Canadian rugby the plural also counts scores, where other varieties of English would say conversions.
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converts is a form of convert
convert, verb: To change something so that it becomes a different substance or product or takes on a different form or state. Full entry
- Forms
- convertconverts he/she/itconverting -ing formconverted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- convert → converts: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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