Found 4 items, similar to Converting.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: convert mengubah
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: convert baptis, membaptis, orang yang bertobat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: convert convert n : a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief convert v 1: change the nature, purpose, or function of something; “convert lead into gold”; “convert hotels into jails”; “convert slaves to laborers” 2: change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; “We converted from 220 to 110 Volt” [syn: change over ] 3: change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; “She converted to Buddhism” 4: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; “Could you convert my dollars into pounds?”; “He changed his name”; “convert centimeters into inches”; “convert holdings into shares” [syn: change, exchange, commute] 5: cause to adopt a new or different faith; “The missionaries converted the Indian population” 6: score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the endzone; “Smith converted and his team won” 7: complete successfully; “score a penalty shot or free throw” 8: score (a spare) 9: make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; “He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product” [syn: win over , convince] 10: exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: commute, exchange] 11: change in nature, purpose, or function; especially undergo a chemical change; “The substance converts to an acid”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Converting Convert \Con*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Converted; p. pr. & vb. n. Converting.] [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere to turn: cf. F. convertir. See Verse.] 1. To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] O, which way shall I first convert myself? --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice. [1913 Webster] If the whole atmosphere were converted into water. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster] That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another. [1913 Webster] No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 4. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness. [1913 Webster] He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. --Lames v. 20. [1913 Webster] 5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally. [1913 Webster] When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. --Cooley. [1913 Webster] 6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money. [1913 Webster] 7. (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second. [1913 Webster] 8. To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Converted guns, cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. --Farrow. Converting furnace (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation. Syn: To change; turn; transmute; appropriate. [1913 Webster]