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 challenge is converting it into affordable products at scale, something China has become remarkably effective at doing. — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 Importantly, Zuckerberg is clearly focused on converting costs into revenue as fast as possible. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Prices are rising everywhere, driven by a global craze to add protein to everything, but this isn’t converting to profits for Gulf food producers, who are grappling with higher costs because of the war. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The cryptocurrency industry wants to offer customers a return on holding stablecoins by converting the interest that stablecoin issuers earn from bonds and dollars backing those coins into a yield for customers. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 PredictiveFit instead uses product data already held by retailers, converting it into simulation-ready digital garments which can replicate weight, structure, drape and movement. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 Porter responded with a 12-point third quarter, making three 3-pointers and converting one into a four-point play. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Oct. 2026 Power inverters are a key component for converting DC electricity from sources such as solar farms or long-term battery storage into AC electricity for the grid. — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2026 The Rams became the first team in NFL history to lose a game despite piling up more than 400 total yards, recording at least 30 first downs, scoring five touchdowns, converting at least 50% of their third downs and committing zero turnovers. — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converting
  1. influencing
  2. transforming
  3. persuading
  4. seizing
  5. propagating
  6. convincing
  7. grabbing
  8. proselytizing
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  • As voters decide which party can best rescue their chance at the American Dream, political experts say prolonged economic hardship is the defining feature influencing voters in the midterms.
    — Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Technical knowledge can be taught and examined but the skills Freebairn values most, such as influencing, persuading, and negotiating, cannot.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of influencing
Verb
  • The idea shows up in mythology—from Zeus transforming into every kind of animal to commit adultery to Psyche being warned that her new husband, Eros, would be grotesque—as well as in folklore and countless retellings of Beauty and the Beast.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Felucca is the foundation for many other community firmware projects, transforming the FM-1 into a true multi-engine synth.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of transforming
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  • The piece suggests the ad was aimed less at persuading undecided voters than at energizing the Republican base.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The trick involves persuading electrons to abandon their individuality and form quantum partnerships known as Cooper pairs.
    — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of persuading
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  • Banks in New York are seizing the opportunity to offer a solution that could shield Chinese customers from their country's tax man.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Even rarer is a series seizing on the opportunity to make a quantum leap several years into its run.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of seizing
Verb
  • The flow of the attacks was (1) finding targets, (2) gaining code execution, (3) establishing inference, and (4) propagating to new hosts.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
  • What prevents an incorrect action from propagating into the physical process?
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of propagating
Verb
  • In Knox, Clark has spent much of this school year convincing those families to complete their meal applications.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The two have been tasked with convincing Prince William to reconcile with Harry, which won’t be easy.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of convincing
Verb
  • Over recent years, ambitious and headline-grabbing solutions to transportation problems have been unveiled in South Florida, from vertical jet ports to autonomous vehicles.
    — Sofia Zarran, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Bailey kicked off the Lakers’ opening night by matching her powerful voice with an equally attention-grabbing shoe.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 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 Oct. 2026.

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