conversion
pronunciation
How to pronounce conversion in British English:
UK [kənˈvɜːʃn]
How to pronounce conversion in American English:
US [kənˈvɜːrʒn]
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- Noun:
- an event that results in a transformation
- a change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade"
- a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
- a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
- a change of religion
- interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
- act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
- the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
Word Origin
- conversion (n.)
- mid-14c., originally of religion, from French conversion, from Latin conversionem (nominative conversatio), noun of action from past participle stem of convertere (see convert (v.)). General sense of "transformation" is early 15c. Of buildings, from 1921. Conversion disorder "hysteria" (attested from 1946 but said to have been coined by Freud) was in DSM-IV (1994).
Example
- 1. That leaves hardly any for conversion to other uses .
- 2. Until recently the conversion was made using copper wire .
- 3. But his conversion to these causes is recent .
- 4. They might strengthen longstanding restrictions in the region on proselytizing and religious conversion .
- 5. For example , the 2.7 % currency conversion fee american express charges might sound steep .