📖 C — The English dictionary · page 73

conversational — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with conversation, or like ordinary friendly talk.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Good enough to have simple conversations in a language, as in «conversational French».↗ Example: The book is written in a conversational style.↗ · She speaks conversational French.↗ · He said it in a conversational tone.↗ · The chatbot is a conversational program.↗ · Letters to friends can be conversational.↗ · I'm working on my conversational Spanish.↗

converse — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb, formal) To converse is to talk with someone, have a conversation.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) The converse is the opposite or the reverse of something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths and logic) The converse of a statement «if A, then B» is «if B, then A».↗ Example: The two old friends conversed quietly by the fire.↗ · We tried to converse in French on holiday.↗ · Some people are shy; the converse is true of my sister.↗ · «If it is a square, it has four sides.»↗ The converse, «If it has four sides, it is a square», is false.↗ · The queen conversed with the guests at dinner.↗ · Hot water rises; the converse happens with cold water.↗ · They conversed together for some time, and then the Thief suddenly yawned and howled like a wolf.↗ · They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.↗ (Writings PSA.83.4, JPS 1917)↗ · As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent; (Writings JOB.29.4, JPS 1917)↗ · They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them.↗ (Writings PSA.64.6, JPS 1917)↗

conversion — Everyday, meaning 1: A conversion is changing something from one form, unit or use to another.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In maths, a conversion is changing a measurement into different units, like centimetres to metres.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A conversion is a building changed for a new use, like a barn conversion or a loft conversion.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (church) Conversion is when a person changes their religion or comes to believe; Christians speak of the conversion of Saint Paul.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In rugby, a conversion is a kick at goal after a try, worth two points.↗ Example: Use the conversion chart to change inches to centimetres.↗ · The conversion of 3 metres to centimetres is 300.↗ · We live in a barn conversion.↗ · He scored a try and then kicked the conversion.↗ · A light bulb's energy conversion makes heat as well as light.↗ · The story of Saint Paul's conversion is in the Bible.↗

convert — Everyday, meaning 1: To convert means to change something into a different form or use.↗ e.g. "they converted the barn into a house".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In maths, to convert means to change a measurement or number into another unit or form.↗ e.g. "convert 3 metres into centimetres".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To convert money means to change it into another currency.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To convert means to change your religion or beliefs, or to make someone else change theirs.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (noun) A convert is a person who has changed their beliefs or opinion.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: In rugby, to convert a try means to kick the ball over the bar for extra points.↗ Example: Convert 2 kilograms into grams: 2,000 grams.↗ · Convert 3/4 into a decimal: 0.75.↗ · To convert hours to minutes, multiply by 60.↗ · We converted our dollars into euros at the airport.↗ · They converted the old church into a library.↗ · A solar panel converts sunlight into electricity.↗ · At first I hated broccoli, but now I'm a convert!↗ · He converted the try and the team scored two more points.↗ · Aphthonius, a rhetorician of Antioch, A.D.↗ 315, wrote a treatise on, and converted into Latin prose, some of these fables.↗

converter — Everyday, meaning 1: A converter is a machine or device that changes something from one form into another, such as electricity, signals or files.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A converter is a tool or chart that changes amounts from one unit or currency into another.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (cars) A catalytic converter is a part of a car's exhaust that makes the gases less poisonous.↗ Example: We packed a plug converter for our trip to Ireland.↗ · Use the unit converter to change 10 miles into kilometres.↗ · A solar panel is a converter of sunlight into electricity.↗ · The website has a currency converter for pounds and dollars.↗ · Dad installed a converter so the old TV can get digital channels.↗ · The car failed its test because the catalytic converter was broken.↗ · I used a file converter to turn my photo into a smaller picture.↗

convey — Everyday, meaning 1: To make an idea, feeling or message known to someone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To carry or take someone or something from one place to another.↗ Example: The poem conveys a feeling of sadness.↗ · Her smile conveyed how happy she was.↗ · Please convey my thanks to your mum.↗ · Pipes convey water to every house.↗ · Blood vessels convey blood around the body.↗ · Bags are conveyed along a belt at the airport.↗ · A TRAVELER hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place.↗

conveyance — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) A conveyance is a vehicle or any way of carrying people or things.↗ e.g. "a horse-drawn conveyance".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Conveyance is the act of carrying or moving something from one place to another.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law) Conveyance (conveyancing) is the legal work of passing the ownership of a house or land to someone else.↗ Example: The carriage was a fine conveyance pulled by four horses.↗ · Buses are a cheap means of conveyance.↗ · The conveyance of goods by canal was slow.↗ · Pipes provide the conveyance of water to the town.↗ · The lawyer handled the conveyance of the house.↗ · "What is this strange conveyance?" asked the knight, looking at the car.↗ · I shall start on my travels, but what conveyance shall I choose?↗

conveyor — Everyday, meaning 1: A conveyor (conveyor belt) is a long moving belt or line of rollers that carries things from one place to another, as in factories, airports and supermarket checkouts.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) A conveyor is a person or thing that carries or passes something on, like a conveyor of news.↗ Example: Our suitcases came round on the conveyor belt.↗ · Put your shopping on the conveyor at the checkout.↗ · The factory's conveyor carries bottles to be filled.↗ · Sushi plates go round on a conveyor in the restaurant.↗ · The team seemed to have a conveyor belt of new young players.↗ · In the film, the boy rode the conveyor belt into the sweet factory.↗ · A conveyor carries coal out of the mine.↗

convict — Everyday, meaning 1: To convict someone is for a court to decide officially that they are guilty of a crime.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A convict is a person who has been found guilty and sent to prison.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In history, convicts were prisoners sent to work far away, for example to Australia.↗ Example: The court convicted him of theft.↗ · The escaped convict was caught in the woods.↗ · Thousands of convicts were sent to Australia long ago.↗ · She was convicted of dangerous driving.↗ · Convicts built many of the early roads.↗ · You cannot be convicted without evidence.↗

conviction — Everyday, meaning 1: A strong belief or opinion: «She has a deep conviction that animals should be treated kindly».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The feeling of being sure, shown in how you speak or act: «He spoke with conviction».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law) The decision of a court that someone is guilty of a crime: «a conviction for theft».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (law) A record that someone has been found guilty before: «He had no previous convictions».↗ Example: She read her poem aloud with real conviction.↗ · It is my conviction that everyone deserves a second chance.↗ · The thief's conviction was announced in court.↗ · The man had no previous convictions.↗ · He has the courage of his convictions and speaks up for what is right.↗ · Without evidence, there can be no conviction.↗ · The team played with conviction and won.↗ · “So it is,” Michael said, but not with much conviction.↗

convince — Everyday, meaning 1: To convince someone is to make them believe that something is true.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To convince someone to do something is to persuade them to do it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Convinced (adjective) means completely sure.↗ Example: I convinced Mum that I had finished my homework.↗ · She convinced her brother to share his sweets.↗ · The detective was convinced the butler was lying.↗ · Write a letter to convince the head teacher to have a longer break.↗ · The scientist showed the photos to convince people the comet was real.↗ · Don't let anyone convince you to keep a secret that makes you feel unsafe.↗ · I'm not convinced this answer is right; let's check it.↗ · His wife did all she could to convince him she was extremely glad of his speedy return.↗

convinced — Everyday, meaning 1: (adjective) Completely sure that something is true: «I'm convinced the cat ate my sandwich.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb, past) Made someone believe something or agree to do something: «She convinced me to join the choir.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective, before a noun) Firm in a belief: «a convinced Christian», «a convinced vegetarian».↗ Example: I'm convinced there is a monster under my bed.↗ · Tom was convinced that he had left his bag on the bus.↗ · She convinced her parents to get a puppy.↗ · The teacher wasn't convinced by my excuse.↗ · After the experiment, we were convinced that plants need light.↗ · Grandpa is a convinced fan of the local team.↗ · Are you convinced, or do you need more proof?↗ · He turned round anew, firmly convinced that he was seriously ill.↗ · Many years of study have convinced me that the Pythagorean philosophy is identical with the philosophy of the Sefer Yetzira and both are of Hebrew origin.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none that convinced Job, or that answered his words, among you.↗ (Writings JOB.32.12, JPS 1917)↗

convincing — Everyday, meaning 1: Convincing means making you believe something is true or right: «a convincing argument».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Convincing means clear and complete: «a convincing win».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a verb form, convincing means persuading someone: «She is convincing her mum to get a dog».↗ Example: Her speech was very convincing.↗ · The team had a convincing 5–0 win.↗ · That fake email looked convincing, but it was a scam.↗ · His excuse wasn't very convincing.↗ · We need convincing evidence for our science claim.↗ · I'm convincing Dad to take us swimming.↗

convincingly — Everyday, meaning 1: Convincingly means in a way that makes people believe something is true or real.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Convincingly also means clearly and with a big difference: «won convincingly».↗ Example: She argued convincingly for a longer break time.↗ · He acted the part of the wolf very convincingly.↗ · Our team won convincingly, 6–1.↗ · The robot moved convincingly like a real dog.↗ · Write convincingly, with good reasons and examples.↗ · He lied so convincingly that we almost believed him.↗

convocation — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A formal gathering of people called together for a special purpose.↗ Example: On the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.↗ (Torah LEV.23.35, JPS 1917)↗ · In the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work; (Torah NUM.28.18, JPS 1917)↗ · In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.↗ (Torah LEV.23.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Bring no more vain oblations; it is an offering of abomination unto Me; new moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations — I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly.↗ (Prophets ISA.1.13, JPS 1917)↗

convolvulus — Everyday, meaning 1: A convolvulus is a climbing plant with trumpet-shaped flowers, such as bindweed or morning glory.↗ Example: The convolvulus climbed up the garden fence.↗ · Its white bells of flowers opened in the morning.↗ · In the tale, the convolvulus told a long dream to the other plants.↗

convulse — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: to shake violently.↗ Example: With their poison I will prepare their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may be convulsed, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.↗ (Prophets JER.51.39, JPS 1917)↗

convulsion — Everyday, meaning 1: A convulsion is a sudden, violent shaking of the body that you cannot control.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) «Convulsions of laughter» means fits of laughing that you cannot stop.↗ Example: The snake trembled in violent convulsions.↗ · The doctor said the boy had convulsions.↗ · The clown threw the whole hall into convulsions of laughter.↗ · And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, and No shall be rent asunder; and in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time.↗ (Prophets EZK.30.16, JPS 1917)↗ · She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and convulsion is in all loins, and the faces of them all have gathered blackness.↗ (Prophets NAM.2.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and convulsion shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her abundance, and her foundation shall be broken down.↗ (Prophets EZK.30.4, JPS 1917)↗

convulsive — Everyday, meaning 1: Convulsive movements are sudden, violent shakes of the body that a person cannot control.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Convulsive laughter or sobbing is so strong that the whole body shakes.↗ Example: The baby had a convulsive fit during a high fever, so they called an ambulance.↗ · He shook with convulsive laughter at the joke.↗ · She cried with convulsive sobs at the funeral.↗ · A convulsive seizure can last a minute or two.↗ · The dog's convulsive shaking worried the vet.↗ · His convulsive cough kept the whole family awake.↗