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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Earlier this year, equalities minister Olivia Bailey, reiterated the government's intention to stop conversion practices.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

This means the conversion itself might be taxed at your ordinary rate, while your portfolio income quietly gets clipped by an extra 3.8%.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Over the half-millennium following Constantine’s conversion to Christianity and the Edict of Milan in 313, Christian leaders and followers actively destroyed sites and traditions of paganism as they expanded across Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Musk is also asking the courts to unwind a recent conversion that OpenAI conducted to a more traditional corporate governance structure.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

When word of this exchange reached Jefferson, as Adams knew it would, Jefferson declared his conversion.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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