convert
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5.0
- noun
- /ˈkɒnvɜrt/
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convertido
- The Church must be prepared for converts, as well as converts prepared for the Church.
- a convert to Islam
- a convert to Christianity
- a Christian convert
Well, I'm a relatively new convert to breath work.
- Well, I'm a relatively new convert to breath work.
- I, I, I try to help converts from Islam all the time.
- He's, you know, sort of a late convert to it.
- Some people actually thought that Seneca was a Christian convert.
- So in Roman times, Christian converts were illuminati because they had seen the light.
- A Christian convert, Soon speaks fluent English but struggles with classical Chinese.
- So have prisons for just Muslims, especially the terrorists, so they can't eradicate convert people.
Examples
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And as I said, although she spoke English at home and with her children, she had been a convert to Russian Orthodoxy.
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The converts are young people who are turning to Christ as their personal savior.
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Well, I'm a relatively new convert to breath work.
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There were hundreds of thousands of converts here.
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The background of the convert is as important as the nature of the absorbing group.
Academic text (2008) -
But Susie was an immediate convert, and for at least a month, I could do no wrong.
Fiction book (2002) -
Here, Arabs and non Arab converts live side by side.
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By every possible means, the converts were bound together and isolated from nonbelievers.
Fiction book (1991) -
Indeed, the pastoral and social problems introduced by caring for converts were burdensome.
Academic text (2008) -
After years of searching for meaning, she finally became a convert to Buddhism.
Synonyms
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9.9
A person who recently joined a new religion
Surface Forms
Etymology
Convert comes from Latin parts con- and vertere, which mean 'with' and 'to turn'. A convert (the noun) is literally someone 'turned' to a new belief, so it means a person who has changed their religion or opinions.