conversion

Pronunciation: /kənˈvɝʒən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an event that results in a transformation
  2. noun a change in the units or form of an expression:
  3. noun a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown

Etymology

From Middle English conversion, conversioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conversion, from Latin conversiō, from convertō.

In classic literature

Synonyms

transition, changeover

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
transformation
Narrower (hyponyms)
isomerization, glycogenesis, rectification

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