conversion
noun
Simple meaning
An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
kənˈvɝʒən
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The act of converting something or someone.
marketing
An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
computing
The act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
computing
A software product converted from one platform to another.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
Used this way, conversion is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a computing use: it carries a fixed technical meaning inside software and systems work.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Technology
- Technical/specialist writing
- Business/professional
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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More ways to use conversion
- “His conversion to the Catholic faith.”noun
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Compound terms
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A mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause).
Factor by which a quantity that is expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to convert it into another set of units.
A mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause).
A mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause).
Conversion from one way of encoding data to another way.
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