English dictionary · verb

convert

to change from one form or purpose to another

Meaning and definitions

1. to change from one form or purpose to another

Connected roots

• con-

  with, together

• vert-

  turning

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These words share a recorded root connection. A shared root is a learning clue; it does not establish every step in a word’s history.

• contact

  the state of physical touching

• correct

  free from error; in accordance with fact

• confidence

  the feeling of self-assurance from trust in one's abilities

• conduct

  to organize and carry out; to lead or guide

• collect

  to bring or gather together

• reverse

  to move backward; to turn the other way around

• consent

  permission for something to happen

• convince

  to cause someone to believe firmly in something

• consecutive

  following continuously in unbroken order

• contents

  the things held or contained in something

• construct

  to build or make something by putting parts together

• conscience

  a person's moral sense of right and wrong

• conclude

  to bring to an end; to arrive at a judgment

• constitute

  to be a part of a whole; to establish or set up

• compose

  to create a work of art, especially music or writing

• convene

  to come or bring together for a meeting

• introvert

  An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction.

• extrovert

  An extroverted person: one who is outgoing, sociable, and concerned with outer affairs.

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