conversion
noun (CHANGE) /kənˈvɜː.ʃən/ /-ʒən/
/-ˈvɝː-/ Definition
C2 [C or U] the process of converting something from one thing to another: Solar power is the conversion of the sun's energy into heat and electricity.Change and changes › a process in which someone changes to a new religion or belief: Her conversion to Buddhism/Islam was a very gradual process. He used to be very right-wing, but he's undergone something of a conversion recently.Change and changes › [C] a place for living in that has been changed from its previous use: a barn/factory conversionHouses and homes
(Definition of conversion noun (CHANGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment noun (CHANGE)
- alteration noun
- blip noun
- changeover noun
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- movement noun (CHANGE OPINION)
- movement noun (PROGRESS)
- paradigm shift noun
- perversion noun
- rearrangement noun
- regime change noun
- reversal noun
- shift noun (CHANGE)
- swing noun (SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT)
- transformation noun
- transition noun
- turnabout noun
- turnaround noun (BIG CHANGE)
- variation noun (CHANGE)
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