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If you c______ a quantity from one system of measurement to another, you calculate what the quantity is in the second system.If you convert a quantity from one system of measurement to another, you calculate what the quantity is in the second system.
Converting metric measurements to U.S. equivalents is easy.
word convert
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verb
If one thing is converted or converts into another, it is changed into a different form.
The signal will be converted into digital code.
...naturally occurring substances which the body can convert into vitamins.
...a table that converts into an ironing board.
If someone converts a room or building, they alter it in order to use it for a different purpose .
By converting the loft, they were able to have two extra bedrooms.
...the entrepreneur who wants to convert County Hall into an hotel.
He is living in a converted barn.
If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel .
Save money by converting your car to unleaded.
The programme to convert every gas burner in Britain took 10 years.
If you convert a quantity from one system of measurement to another, you calculate what the quantity is in the second system.
Converting metric measurements to U.S. equivalents is easy.
If someone converts you, they persuade you to change your religious or political beliefs. You can also say that someone converts to a different religion.
If you try to convert him, you could find he just walks away.
He was a major influence in converting Godwin to political radicalism.
He converted to Catholicism in 1917.
If someone converts you to something, they make you very enthusiastic about it.
He quickly converted me to the joys of cross-country skiing.
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A convert is someone who has changed their religious or political beliefs.
She, too, was a convert to Roman Catholicism.
I took to these new pursuits with the enthusiasm of a convert who has just found religion.
If you describe someone as a convert to something, you mean that they have recently become very enthusiastic about it.
...recent converts to vegetarianism.
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