conversion

The process of changing something from one form, type, or system into another.

• The file conversion took a minute.
• Check the currency conversion before paying.
• Students practised the conversion of equations into a simpler form.

How to use it: conversion of A into B (The process involves the conversion of sunlight into electricity.); conversion from A to B (Conversion from miles to kilometres is straightforward.)

Similar words: transformation, change

Common phrases: currency conversion, unit conversion, conversion of something

A part of a building changed into living space, or the work involved in making that change.

• The loft conversion added a bedroom.
• They live in a barn conversion.
• Our garage conversion took three months.

Common phrases: loft conversion, garage conversion, barn conversion

Wrongfully taking, keeping, using, or destroying someone else’s property as if it were your own.

• The owner sued him for conversion.
• Selling the borrowed equipment amounted to conversion.
• The court awarded damages for conversion of the goods.

Common phrases: claim for conversion, conversion of goods