Converts - English meaning

verb

Make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify.

Usage examples:

Hospitals have had to be adapted for modern medical practice

verb

Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose

verb

To adjust to different conditions or uses, or to change to meet different situations

noun

A person who is receiving instruction in preparation for christian baptism or confirmation.

Usage examples:

In the early church, catechumens were received at the great vigil of easter, beginning on saturday …

verb

Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Usage examples:

Both parties voted against proposals to change the law

noun

An act or process through which something becomes different.

Usage examples:

The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society

verb

(of an insect or amphibian) undergo metamorphosis, especially into the adult form.

Usage examples:

Feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults

verb

To change into a completely different form or type

Usage examples:

The awkward boy i knew had metamorphosed into a tall, confident man.

noun

A person who is new to a subject or activity.

Usage examples:

Four-day cooking classes are offered to neophytes and experts

noun

Someone who has recently become involved in an activity and is still learning about it

Usage examples:

This computer course is for neophytes.

verb

Submit to a process of alteration, rearrangement, or permutation.

Usage examples:

We wish to permute the order of the bytes

noun

A person who has converted from one opinion, religion, or party to another.

Usage examples:

I have found this in the case of buddhism, which doesn't advocate proselytes, and somewhat in judai…

verb

Another term for proselytize.

noun

Someone who has been persuaded to change their religious or political beliefs

Usage examples:

Moody was a catholic proselyte.

verb

Give (a metal object) a different form by melting it down and reshaping it.

Usage examples:

In 1919, the bells were recast

verb

To change the form of something, or to change an actor in a play or film

Usage examples:

She recast her novel as a musical comedy., in despair, the theatre director recast the leading role.

verb

Fashion (something) again or differently.

Usage examples:

The industry reshaped and refashioned itself

verb

Reuse (old ideas or material) without significant change or improvement.

Usage examples:

He endlessly rehashes songs from his american era

noun

A reuse of old ideas or material without significant change or improvement.

Usage examples:

The spring show was a rehash of the summer show from the previous year

verb

To present something old in a new way or form without any real change or improvement

Usage examples:

The kids keep rehashing the same old argument about whose turn it is., the new season’s fashions se…

verb

Change the structure or form of (something, especially a building).

Usage examples:

The station was remodelled and enlarged in 1927

verb

To give a new shape or form to something, esp. a room or house

Usage examples:

[ t ] we remodeled the kitchen.

verb

To change the design and appearance of a building in order to make it more modern and attractive

Usage examples:

The warehouse is being cleaned and will be remodeled into 20 lofts., a new management team was brou…

verb

Change the appearance, structure, or character of.

Usage examples:

Did the welfare state remould capitalism to give it a more human face?

noun

A tyre that has been given a new tread.

verb

To completely change the character of someone or something

Usage examples:

He needs to remould his image if he wants to be elected leader., the invaders want to remould the r…

verb

Shape or form (something) differently or again.

Usage examples:

The decrees will thoroughly reshape poland's economy

verb

To change the character or organization of something

Usage examples:

Baby boomers continue to reshape society as they age., governments have sought to reduce or reshape…

verb

To make an organization, industry, system, etc. operate differently

Usage examples:

The company will have to lose jobs to reshape the business., the proposal is an effort to reshape h…

verb

Make changes to the original version of (something).

Usage examples:

He reworked the orchestral score for two pianos

verb

To change a speech, other writing, or a drawing to make it better or more suitable for a particular purpose

verb

To make changes to calculations of costs, prices, etc. in order to make them more accurate

Usage examples:

The irish low-cost airline will present a reworked subsidy package as part of its appeal against th…

verb

Transform into something more beautiful or elevated.

Usage examples:

The world is made luminous and is transfigured

verb

To change the appearance of a person or thing very much, usually in a very positive and often spiritual way

Usage examples:

As she gazed down at the baby, her face was transfigured with tenderness., the assassination someho…

verb

Make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of.

Usage examples:

Lasers have transformed cardiac surgery

noun

The product of a transformation.

Usage examples:

In the bottom portion of the figure, the logarithmic transform of power is presented.

verb

To change completely the appearance or character of something or someone

Usage examples:

Computers have transformed the way work is done., salinas dramatically transformed the country’s ec…

verb

Express the sense of (words or text) in another language.

Usage examples:

Several of his books were translated into english

verb

Restate from one language into another language

verb

Transform in a surprising or magical manner.

Usage examples:

His home was transmogrified into a hippy crash pad

verb

Change in form, nature, or substance.

Usage examples:

The raw material of his experience was transmuted into stories

verb

To change something completely, especially into something different and better

Usage examples:

A few centuries ago alchemists thought they could transmute lead into gold., plutonium transmutes i…

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center