converted

[kuhn-vur-tid]

adjective

1. noting a specified type of person who has been converted from the religion, beliefs, or attitudes characteristic of that type.

   a converted Christian; a converted thief.

2. noting anything, formerly of the type specified, that has been converted to something else.

   His yacht is a converted destroyer escort.

Other Word Forms

• quasi-converted adjective
• unconverted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of converted¹

First recorded in 1585–95; convert ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The rest of the former mall was in the process of being converted to offices for rent to Google when it was purchased last year by UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times

She sports a tiki bar and theater in a converted cargo hold at one end and an exhibit about Rosie the Riveter at the other.

From Los Angeles Times

The facility, which has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” was quickly converted from a remote training airport into a sprawling detention complex.

From Salon

The US converted unpaid construction grants designated in the 2023 Chips Act – legislation intended to promote domestic semiconductor manufacturing - into Intel stock.

From BBC

For the most part, it preaches to and mobilizes the converted.

From Salon

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