Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to convert
Participle: converted
Gerund: converting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | convert |
| you | convert |
| he;she;it | converts |
| we | convert |
| you | convert |
| they | convert |
Perfect
| I | have converted |
| you | have converted |
| he;she;it | has converted |
| we | have converted |
| you | have converted |
| they | have converted |
Past
| I | converted |
| you | converted |
| he;she;it | converted |
| we | converted |
| you | converted |
| they | converted |
Pluperfect
| I | had converted |
| you | had converted |
| he;she;it | had converted |
| we | had converted |
| you | had converted |
| they | had converted |
Future
| I | will convert |
| you | will convert |
| he;she;it | will convert |
| we | will convert |
| you | will convert |
| they | will convert |
Future Perfect
| I | will have converted |
| you | will have converted |
| he;she;it | will have converted |
| we | will have converted |
| you | will have converted |
| they | will have converted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | convert |
| you | convert |
| he;she;it | convert |
| we | convert |
| you | convert |
| they | convert |
Perfect
| I | have converted |
| you | have converted |
| he;she;it | have converted |
| we | have converted |
| you | have converted |
| they | have converted |
Imperfect
| I | converted |
| you | converted |
| he;she;it | converted |
| we | converted |
| you | converted |
| they | converted |
Pluperfect
| I | had converted |
| you | had converted |
| he;she;it | had converted |
| we | had converted |
| you | had converted |
| they | had converted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would convert |
| you | would convert |
| he;she;it | would convert |
| we | would convert |
| you | would convert |
| they | would convert |
Perfect
| I | would have converted |
| you | would have converted |
| he;she;it | would have converted |
| we | would have converted |
| you | would have converted |
| they | would have converted |
Imperative
| you | convert |
| we | Let's convert |
| you | convert |
Verbs conjugated like 'convert'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'convert'
concert,
convect,
convent,
coexert,
coinvent,
conceit,
concern,
confect,
confer,
congest,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
- to change the form or structure of
- adapt, alter, amend, change, differentiate, innovate, metamorphose, modify, revamp, rework, transform, transmogrify, transume, variate, vary
- adapt
- modify, change, transform, alter, remake, rework, rebuild
- persuade
- proselyte, proselytize, change, convince, resolve, brainwash, save, regenerate
Antonyms
- adapt
- derange, disarrange, dislocate, dismember
- persuade
- dissuade, discourage, deter, divert
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr.
convertir, from L.
convertere "turn around, transform," from
com- "together" +
vertere "to turn" (see versus). Originally in the religious sense.
Convertible is from 1385; of cars, 1916, Amer.Eng.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
4. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
5. Proto-Italic *kom
6. Proto-Italic *kom-
7. Proto-Indo-European *wert-
8. Proto-Indo-European *wértetor
9. Proto-Italic *wertō
10. Proto-Italic *komwertō
11. Latin convertōder.
12. Old French convertirbor.
13. Middle English converten
14. English convert
15. From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”). See: Middle English '
converten', Old French '
convertir', Latin '
converto'.
Verbs referencing "convert"
Polish
konwertować.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and no public officer is a showman. We have begun of late years to imitate this good example. I hope we shall continue to do so; and that in the fulness of time, even deans and chapters may be converted.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of Massachusetts is to alter ugly names into pretty ones, as the children improve upon the tastes of their parents. These changes costing little or nothing, scores of Mary Annes are solemnly converted into Bevelinas every session.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] trapping bears, wolves, and other inhabitants of the forest, in which he made himself quite a name in the land. Tom always spoke reverently of the Quakers. “ Nice people, ” he would say; “ wanted to convert me, but couldn't come it, exactly. But, tell ye what, stranger, they do fix up a sick fellow first rate,—no mistake. Make jist the tallest kind o ’ broth and knicknacks. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)