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converting

verb

present participle of convert
1
as in influencing
to persuade to change to one's religious faith young missionaries who go door-to-door trying to convert people

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2
as in transforming
to change in form, appearance, or use the old factory was converted into an apartment building

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3
as in persuading
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request many who used to insist that global warming was a myth have since been converted

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4
as in seizing
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right the bailee converted the goods to his own use

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Recent Examples of converting The company estimates that converting the existing US fleet could avoid about 20 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually while providing gigawatts of additional generating capacity. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026 An increase in income might come from selling assets, converting a pretax individual retirement account to a Roth IRA or getting a bonus, for example. — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 In 2024, Patmos acquired the building and began converting it into a co-location data center with community workspace attached. — Rafi Golberstein, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Maplewood is known for relatively low-cost, basic accommodations, and SR proposed converting it to affordable housing while keeping the entire Junction 183 as market rate. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026 Quorum is in the process of converting to a nonprofit organization, bringing all 11 of its hospitals along with it. — Tara Bannow, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026 Vermeer may have been raised by Remonstrant parents, but that did not prevent him from marrying a Catholic and probably converting to Catholicism. — Colleen Dulle, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 In addition to resources online and a network of experts to help farmers grow new crops and start small businesses, Transfarmation provides open-source blueprints for converting industrial pig, poultry and dairy barns. — Rachel Cramer, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026 An annuity can provide that type of predictable income by converting a portion of your retirement savings into regular payments. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converting
  1. influencing
  2. transforming
  3. persuading
  4. seizing
  5. propagating
  6. convincing
  7. grabbing
  8. proselytizing
Verb
  • The seed may have been employed as a painkiller or as a social and cultural practice still influencing its modern use.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Omega-3s may help lower heart rate through their anti-inflammatory effects and by influencing the electrical signals in heart cells.
    — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of influencing
Verb
  • Creating, importing, transforming beauty and goodness into a ritual that never stops.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • That evening, the artist performed one classic after another, donning her best stage outfits and transforming the concert hall into a veritable runway.
    — Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of transforming
Verb
  • Realtors say higher interest rates on mortgages, combined with inflation more broadly, are persuading some people to put off buying homes.
    — Maya Huter, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In other words, setting direction, then guiding, persuading and motivating others, isn’t enough anymore.
    — Liz Guthridge, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of persuading
Verb
  • Last week, Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a lightning offensive against Yemeni government forces, seizing control of the country’s entire Red Sea coast, including the towns and islands around the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The rebels raced down the country’s Red Sea coast more than a week ago, seizing the key port city of Mokha and islands on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
    — Toqa Ezzidin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of seizing
Verb
  • Rather than propagating vertically toward the electrodes, the dendrites spread horizontally inside the electrolyte.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, Shanahan recommends layering, a method of propagating new plants from a still-living thyme specimen.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of propagating
Verb
  • The Leach couple and Bojanic hope these new dinner hours are convincing enough for people to make the trek to the North End more often, and bring out the neighborhood’s residents more, too.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • That’s because initially the biggest challenge was convincing people to get on the bus.
    — Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of convincing
Verb
  • Michael the Lawyer and Ben the Barrel Racer go into the third crypt (Alan calls them gay Lara Crofts) and have the option of grabbing $15,000 in gold or $5,000 and a clue about the Traitors.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Smith’s own reflection points to why the day-to-day matters more than any headline-grabbing cleanse.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of grabbing
Verb
  • Yet some European philosophers were intrigued by the monism of Vedanta philosophy, whereas Evangelical Christians saw the same monism as a foundation for proselytizing Christian monotheism.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Porter sketched Trotsky holding forth at a conference table, proselytizing to the American bureaucrats.
    — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of proselytizing

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“Converting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converting. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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