Convertible

//kənˈvɜːtɪbl̩// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Interchangeable things or terms. dated, in-plural
  2. 2
    a car that has top that can be folded or removed wordnet
  3. 3
    A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
  4. 4
    a sofa that can be converted into a bed wordnet
  5. 5
    A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
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  1. 6
    a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock) wordnet
  2. 7
    A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be converted; Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially

    "As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms."

  2. 2
    Able to be converted; Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially; Able to be exchanged for specie. historical
  3. 3
    Able to be converted; Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially; Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
  4. 4
    Able to be converted; Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially; Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
  5. 5
    Able to be converted; Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
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  1. 6
    Able to be converted; Able to be turned, especially; Able to be turned in a different direction. obsolete

    "The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature."

  2. 7
    Able to be converted; Able to be turned, especially; Able to be turned to a different purpose.
  3. 8
    Able to be converted; Able to be turned, especially; Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
  4. 9
    Able to be converted; Able to be turned into a different thing, especially; Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
  5. 10
    Able to be converted; Able to be turned into a different thing, especially; Able to be easily digested. obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy wordnet
  2. 2
    capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value wordnet
  3. 3
    designed to be changed from one use or form to another wordnet

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Example

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"I'd like to drive across the USA in a convertible car."

Etymology

From Old French convertible, from Late Latin convertibilis (“interchangeable”), from Latin convertere (“to turn back, to turn over, to turn around, to turn upside down”), from con- (“with, together”) + vertere (“to turn”), + -ibilis (“-ible: able to”). Equivalent to convert + -ible.

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