to reconvert
- verb
- /ˌriːkənˈvɜːrt/
- However, overworked fields might be abandoned for thirty years and then reconverted to grazing lands (Rotenhan 1968).
Examples
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After this processing, the resulting series of numerical values is reconverted to an analog signal, amplified, and fed to the earphone to generate a processed sound.
Academic text (1998) -
So they actually reconverted and became Orthodox.
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Sally sat on the sofa, which she had reconverted into a sitting surface.
Fiction book (1999) -
They want to reconvert Muslims and Christians to Hinduism.
Academic text (2002) -
Manila holds a lot of history for Americans, as is seen in the number of reconverted U.S. World War II jeeps called "jeepneys" which serve as mini-buses carrying commuters all over town.
Academic text (1995) -
When the war ended, they quickly reconverted to producing traditional civilian products.
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Over time, farming in the Northeast became less economically viable, and lands were reconverted to forest.
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Teal had often expressed the intention to reconvert the old factory into a community center.
Synonyms
Give something back to its owner or the place it came from
To change something so its position, order, or effect is opposite
Return something like a painting or building to its original working condition
To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job
To set something back to its original state
Cancel the effect of an action or decision
To go back to a previous state or way of doing things
Form something again after it has been destroyed or changed
Set a device or program back to its original settings
To start again a rule or practice that stopped
To go back to an earlier state or way of doing things
Make something like it was before or better
Antonyms
How Restored
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reconvert comes from the parts re- 'again' and convert 'turn' or 'change', so to reconvert something is to 'turn' it back to an earlier form or use.