n.
1.an event that results in a transformation
2.a change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade"
3.a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
4.a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
5.(psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
6.a change of religion
7.interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
8.act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
9.the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
Idiom of the Day
knock about
to travel without a plan, to go where one pleases
We decided to go to Brazil and knock about for a couple of months.
