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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; come into existence |
| Synonyms: | activate, appear, arise, arouse, come into being, commence, create, depart, embark, engender, enter upon, establish, found, get going, get under way, go ahead, hit the road, inaugurate, incite, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, issue, launch, lay foundation, leave, light, make a beginning, open, originate, pioneer, rise, rouse, sally forth, see light, set in motion, set out, set up, spring, take first step, take the plunge, turn on |
| Antonyms: | complete, conclude, die, end, finish, stop |
| Main Entry: | convert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change belief, especially regarding religion |
| Synonyms: | actuate, alter conviction, assimilate to, baptize, be born again, bend, bias, brainwash, bring, bring around, budge, cause to adopt, change into, change of heart, convince, create anew, impel, incline, lead, lead to believe, make over, move, persuade, proselyte, proselytize, redeem, reform, regenerate, save, see the light, sway, turn |
| Antonyms: | hold, remain |
| Main Entry: | discern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of; recognize and understand |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discrepate, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, figure out, find out, focus, foresee, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, judge, know, make distinction, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, read, remark, rubberneck, secern, see the light, see through, separate, severalize, spot, take in, view |
| Antonyms: | disregard, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | unearth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, bring to light, catch on, delve, determine, discover, disinter, dredge up, excavate, exhibit, exhume, expose, ferret, find, find out, hear, hit upon, learn, reveal, root, see, see the light, show, spark, spotlight*, strike, stumble on, turn up, unbury, uncover, uproot |
| Antonyms: | bury |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | metanoia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversion |
| Synonyms: | about-face, alteration, born again, change of heart, changeover, exchange, flip-flop, flux, growth, innovation, metamorphosis, metasis, modification, novelty, passage, passing, permutation, progress, proselytization, qualification, rebirth, reclamation, reconstruction, reformation, regeneration, remodelling, reorganization, resolution, resolving, reversal, see the light, switch, transfiguration, transformation, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, turning, turning around |
| Main Entry: | regeneration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversion |
| Synonyms: | about-face, alteration, born again, change of heart, changeover, exchange, flip-flop, flux, growth, innovation, metamorphosis, metanoia, metasis, modification, novelty, passage, passing, permutation, progress, proselytization, qualification, rebirth, reclamation, reconstruction, reformation, remodelling, reorganization, resolution, resolving, reversal, see the light, switch, transfiguration, transformation, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, turning, turning around |
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| Main Entry: | conversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
converted into, convertible, naturalized, resolvable into, transitional
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| Concept: | [Gradual change to something different] Conversion. |
| Category: | 1. SIMPLE CHANGE |
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-nouns
conversion, reduction, transmutation, resolution, assimilation; evolution, sea change; change of state; assumption; naturalization; transportation; development [biol.], developing [photography]., [conversion of currency] conversion of currency, exchange of currency; exchange rate; bureau de change., chemistry, alchemy; progress, growth, lapse, flux., passage; transit, transition; transmigration, shifting; phase; conjugation; convertibility., crucible, alembic, caldron, retort., onvert, pervert, renegade, apostate.
-verbs
be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, shift; run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of; illapse; begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change., convert into, resolve into; make, render; mold, form; remodel, new model, refound, reform, reorganize; assimilate to, bring to, reduce to.
-adjectives
converted into; convertible, resolvable into; transitional; naturalized.
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