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 issue for the Heat is spacing, not necessarily 3-point shooting, of which the Heat have many players capable of converting. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 That’s converting a loss into an erasure, and erasures are much cheaper to correct than silent errors. — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 So Price, along with other OU Health staff, decided to host the wedding and reception at the hospital, converting the chapel into a ceremony venue and an outdoor garden area into the perfect setting for a wedding reception. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 The company is benefiting from two powerful engines, custom AI silicon and VMware software, while converting revenue into free cash flow at an accelerated rate. — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 Since then, various plans for converting it into an industrial park have fallen through, and at one point a company was proposing a large-scale cement processing facility. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026 Aurora said that converting certain areas to more drought-tolerant landscaping is one of the many steps the city is taking to model a good use of community resources. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 30 July 2026 His hot stretch coincides with recent struggles by Alex Lange, who has a 1-2 record while converting 3-of-6 save chances in July. — Greg Jewett, New York Times, 30 July 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 only thing influencing my vote is the people of Michigan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Research consistently shows the foods toddlers choose early on affects their taste preferences, making dietary habits ingrained and influencing diet later in life.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of influencing
Verb
  • Artificial intelligence is transforming leadership, but perhaps not in the ways most people imagine.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This is the web version of Fortune Gulf Brief, a weekly newsletter providing smart coverage on the capital, leaders, and policies transforming one of the world’s most consequential regions.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of transforming
Verb
  • Zoox successfully navigated the regulations by persuading the NHTSA to allow temporary permission.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This broader strategy also helps explain why persuading countries to avoid Chinese AI will likely prove considerably more difficult than Washington’s earlier campaign against Huawei and ZTE.
    — Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of persuading
Verb
  • The Dodgers weren’t actually bankrupt at the time, but then owner Frank McCourt used the process to keep MLB from seizing the team.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Withers, 28, has lately been seizing every opportunity in his path, but the Amazon MGM Studios rom-com represents a chance to show a lighter side.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of seizing
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  • Mai is propagating more than 170 varieties collected from refugees around the world, helping preserve these precious grains while studying which are best suited to our changing climate.
    — Laura Mclively, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Sensory neurons carry information as traveling waves of electrical charge called action potentials — brief, self-propagating voltage spikes that move down the length of a nerve fiber.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of propagating
Verb
  • For Chan, success depends on convincing voters that the city’s challenges do not require abandoning the progressive politics that have long identified it.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Overconfidence sits on the other side of the same coin, convincing us that the view from our rung is the view of the whole ladder.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of convincing
Verb
  • The popular set tends to sell quickly, so consider grabbing one while fall-favorite shades like dusty olive, terracotta, and mauve are still in stock.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Sophie Cunningham is grabbing the attention of women's advocacy groups.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of grabbing
Verb
  • 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
  • Related Stories For decades, mainstream Hollywood entertainment generally shied away from environmental themes out of concern that audiences would see it as homework, or even worse, as proselytizing.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 May 2026
Definition of proselytizing

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