[{"word":"converting","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A kettle converts water into steam."},{"definition":"To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He converted his garden into a tennis court."},{"definition":"To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 11).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed."},{"definition":"To exchange for something of equal value.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We converted our pounds into euros."},{"definition":"To express (a quantity) in alternative units.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"How do you convert feet into metres?"},{"definition":"To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To score (especially a penalty kick).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We’ve converted to Methodism."},{"definition":"To become converted.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The chair converts into a bed."},{"definition":"To cause to turn; to turn.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To turn into another language; to translate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["deconvert"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/convert","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/converting"]}]