{
    "term": "conversion",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act or process of changing something from one form, use or system to another",
            "sensetop": "conversion (from something) (into/to something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their main business is the conversion of farm buildings into family homes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Conversion to gas central heating will save you a lot of money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No conversion from analogue to digital data is needed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a metric conversion table *(= showing how to change  amounts into or out of another system)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a firm which specializes in house conversions *(= turning large houses into several smaller flats)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A local building firm will carry out the conversion of the farm buildings into business units."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cheap solar energy conversion has been the dream of scientists since the 1970s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Consult the conversion table to figure out the weight in kilos."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are no charges for currency conversion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a conversion kit that lets your vehicle run on non-polluting fuel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Today, after a careful conversion, it is a very comfortable and elegant country home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The firm specializes in house conversions."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["barn", "loft", "currency"],
                "verb + conversion": ["carry out", "undertake"],
                "conversion + noun": ["kit", "chart", "table"],
                "preposition": ["conversion from", "conversion into", "conversion to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the process or experience of changing somebody's or your own religion or beliefs",
            "sensetop": "conversion (from something) (to something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons by Christian missionaries"
                },
                {
                    "text": "his conversion from Judaism to Christianity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Late in life she experienced a religious conversion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She began by supporting monetarist economics, but later underwent quite a conversion when she saw how it increased unemployment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "her conversion from Christianity to Buddhism"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the 90s he underwent a religious conversion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "her overnight conversion to market economics"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["Christian", "religious", "spiritual"],
                "verb + conversion": ["experience", "undergo"],
                "conversion + noun": ["experience"],
                "preposition": ["conversion from", "conversion to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a way of scoring extra points after scoring a try or a touchdown",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The try came in the third minute and Jon Bland added the conversion."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + conversion": ["kick", "add"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a building or room that has been changed so that it can be used for a different purpose, especially for living in",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a barn/loft conversion"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["barn", "loft", "currency"],
                "verb + conversion": ["carry out", "undertake"],
                "conversion + noun": ["kit", "chart", "table"],
                "preposition": ["conversion from", "conversion into", "conversion to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɜːʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/conversion/xconversion__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɜːrʒn/",
                "audio": "xc/conversion/xconversion__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘turning of sinners to God’): via Old French from Latin conversio(n-), from convers- ‘turned about’, from the verb convertere ‘turn about’, from con- ‘altogether’ + vertere ‘turn’."
}