conversion

[kuhn-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / kənˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /

NOUN

change, adaptation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alteration changeover growth modification reconstruction reorganization switch transformation

STRONG

about-face exchange flip-flop flux innovation metamorphosis novelty passage passing permutation progress qualification reclamation reformation regeneration resolution resolving reversal transfiguration translation transmogrification transmutation turning

WEAK

change of heart metanoia metasis proselytization remodelling see the light turning around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

stagnation

WEAK

idleness sameness

Example Sentences

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Older chondrocytes were more likely to activate genes linked to inflammation and unwanted conversion of cartilage into bone.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Article 4 was intended to help by placing restrictions on the conversion of more main homes into second homes or short‑term holiday lets.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The Alphabet deals had conversion premiums of 25%.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Bardem gets the most, and most extreme attitudes, to play, whether cozying up individually to the Bowdens, threatening a groupie, undergoing a religious conversion, acting normal or being weird.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

And despite his own conversion to Mojo he seemed not to understand it all quite, the devotion, the obsession, the way some people clung to it as if there was nothing else in life.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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