Conversion Meaning
/kənˈvɜːʃ(ə)n/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of converting something or someone.
nounA software product converted from one platform to another.
Sentence Examples
Conversion was peaceful and gradual.
Do you know the conversion rate between dollars and euros?
Their main business is the conversion of farm buildings into family homes.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The attic's ____ into a bedroom took the builders two full months.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ was peaceful and gradual.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English conversion, conversioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conversion, from Latin conversiō, from convertō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Artificial conversion of water into ice."
— 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
"Mike Follin […] also programmed the Spectrum version of The Sentinel (97%, Issue 40), and the excellent coin-op conversions Bubble Bobble (90%, Issue 45) and Bionic Commando (92%, Issue 53)."
— 1988 December, Crash, number 59:
"Or bring my action of conversion / And trover for my goods."
— 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
"He might even sleep informally: in his vehicle, in a garage-conversion apartment, or beneath a freeway overpass, any of which would be rendered part of the informal landscape by his very act of sleeping."
— 2005, Jason Francis MacCannell, Homelessness in Sacramento: A Landscape Geography:
"An eccentric artist friend of mine lives in a loft conversion that features a lot of unusual brickwork and glass ornamentation."
— 2010 March 24, Sandra Rinomato, Realty Check: Real Estate Secrets for First-Time Canadian Home Buyers, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 110:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The attic's ____ into a bedroom took the builders two full months.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ was peaceful and gradual.