conversionnoun
uk/kənˈvɜː.ʃən//kənˈvɜː.ʒən/us/kənˈvɝː.ʒən//kənˈvɝː.ʃən/conversion noun (CHANGE)
C2 [ C or U ] the process of converting something from one thing to another:
Solar power is the conversion of the sun's energy into heat and electricity.
C2 [ C or U ] a process in which someone changes to a new religion or belief:
Her conversion to Buddhism/Islam was a very gradual process.
He used to be very right-wing, but he's undergone something of a conversion recently.
[ C ] a place for living in that has been changed from its previous use:
a barn/factory conversion
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- The firm specializes in loft conversions .
- She talked about her conversion to Christianity.
- The program works out the currency conversions for us.
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Change and changes
- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment
- alteration
- blip
- changeover
- drift
- ebb
- fluctuate
- gradation
- metamorphosis
- modulate
- paradigm shift
- perversion
- punctuated equilibrium
- sea change
- shake-up
- speciation
- step change
- tide
- vicissitudes
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Houses & homes
conversion noun (SPORT)
[ C ] in rugby, an attempt to score more points after a try by kicking the ball over the bar and between the two posts
[ C ] in American football, an extra point or points that are scored after a touchdown
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Rugby
- convert
- drop kick
- field of play
- footy
- game ball
- hack
- heel
- match fit
- match fitness
- post-match
- ruck
- rugger
- scrum
- scrum half
- scrummager
- shirt pad
- squad rotation
- test match
- throw-in
- touchdown
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