Conversion

Definition

conversion /kǝn'vɜ:ʃn; US kǝn'vɜ:rʒn/ n ~ (from sth) (into/ to sth) (က) [U] ေျပာင္းလဲျခင္း။ the conversion of a barn into a house/ of pounds into dollars ❍ the conversion of the Anglo Saxons by Christian missionaries ❍ Conversion to gas central heating will save you a lot of money. ❍ a metric conversion table (ie showing how to change metric amounts into or out of another system). (ခ) [C] ေျပာင္းလဲျခင္းအမႈ။ ေျပာင္းလဲျခင္းကိစၥ။ a building firm which specializes in house conversions (eg converting large houses into several smaller ones). ❍ her conversion to Catholicism ❍ He kicked a penalty goal and two conversions (ie in Rugby football). ❍ She began by supporting monetarist economics, but later underwent quite a conversion (ie completely changed her opinion) when she saw how it increased unemployment.

Examples

1. Currency conversion
2. [conversion of] : The conversion of an office building into a block of flats
3. [conversion from] : The conversion from communism to capitalism
4. A loft conversion (=one that has been changed into a flat)