convert
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Convert is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.
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- noun
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- verb
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- (transitive & intransitive) If you convert something, you change it so that it has a different function or form.
- They wanted to convert the room into a study.
- The factory was powered originally by water, then converted to steam in 1811.
- The electric engine is extremely efficient at converting electrical energy into movement.