Dictionary entry details
• CONVERSION (noun)
Meaning:
An event that results in a transformation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
changeover; conversion; transition
Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):
shift; transformation; transmutation (a qualitative change)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):
glycogenesis (the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand)
isomerisation; isomerization (the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself)
rectification (the conversion of alternating current to direct current)
Meaning:
A change in the units or form of an expression:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade
Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):
calculation; computation; figuring; reckoning (problem solving that involves numbers or quantities)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):
digitisation; digitization (conversion of analog information into digital information)
data conversion (conversion from one way of encoding data to another way)
Meaning:
A successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):
score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):
extra point; point after; point after touchdown (in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown)
Meaning:
A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
spiritual rebirth; conversion; rebirth
Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):
redemption; salvation ((Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):
proselytism (the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel)
Meaning:
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):
defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)
Domain category:
psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
Meaning:
A change of religion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Context example:
his conversion to the Catholic faith
Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):
Christianisation; Christianization (conversion to Christianity)
Meaning:
Interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
Meaning:
Act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):
exchange; interchange (reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):
unitisation; unitization (conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust)
Meaning:
The act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):
afforestation (the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting))
dressing (processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather)
transmutation; transubstantiation (an act that changes the form or character or substance of something)
