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 proposition is to connect China’s factories with its creator economy; Black Lake’s agents bridge the gap by converting ideas into designs, a 3D simulation, and industrial data sent to a factory. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Eventually, the interior fell largely vacant and the exterior acquired a second skin of billboards, effectively converting it into a scaffolding for ads. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026 Remember the refund is bonus bets, not cash, so real value depends on converting those tokens into wins. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 According to Song, this system captures the energy naturally generated whenever the massive pile frame lowers or tilts, converting that potential energy into recyclable electricity. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026 An inverter acts as the brain of the system, converting direct current from the battery into alternating current for the motor, regulating the electromagnets, and monitoring performance to keep the motor running as efficiently as possible. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 29 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converting
  1. influencing
  2. transforming
  3. persuading
  4. seizing
  5. propagating
  6. convincing
  7. grabbing
  8. proselytizing
Verb
  • Without the financial incentive markets provide, social pressure and community biases play more of a role in influencing opinion.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Six students who spoke to the Herald said Donalds’ bid to become Florida’s first Black governor was not influencing their decision.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of influencing
Verb
  • Accessibility features added to Apple’s AirPods are transforming the popular headphones into hearing aids, Greengart said.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • This bill can be the start of transforming the framework of healthcare, for the better or worse.
    — Esha Desai, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of transforming
Verb
  • RatHat relies heavily on persuading people to sideload malicious apps.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Any legal maneuvers could take months to play out and may have the effect of persuading his targets to postpone any plans to leave the Fed, as Powell has already done.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of persuading
Verb
  • Troop movements over the past couple of weeks indicate the group is concentrating on seizing the southwestern highlands, which could then open the way for a push toward the government’s capital, Aden.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Counsel argued that seizing the ballots was necessary to preserve potential evidence before statutory destruction deadlines and to compare the total number of ballots with official vote records.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of seizing
Verb
  • Use this step-by-step guide to try your hand at propagating your favorite begonias.
    — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Rather than propagating vertically toward the electrodes, the dendrites spread horizontally inside the electrolyte.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of propagating
Verb
  • Rolling out these commitments, Amazon seemed bent on convincing Americans that the swelling data center backlash is based on lies.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The challenge was convincing Amazon that a Mexican production could deliver the scale and action audiences expect from the genre.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of convincing
Verb
  • The catalyst was a headline-grabbing second-quarter loss of $154 million that likely sent trading algorithms to hit the sell button.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Lopez then attacked Hager, grabbing his holster, and the two men fought over the deputy’s service weapon, according to the arrest report.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of grabbing
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  • 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 9 Oct. 2026.

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