In linguistics, conversion, also called zero derivation or null derivation, is a kind of word formation involving the creation of a word (of a new part...

use Conversion (logic), reversing the two parts of a categorical or implicational statement Conversion (word formation), the creation of a word from...

from Latin or French. Nouns or adjectives can become verbs (see Conversion (word formation)). Adjectives like "separate" and "direct" thus became verbs,...

speech Conversion (word formation): a transformation of a word of one word class into another word class Dysphemism: intentionally using a word or phrase...

process of word formation. In this process a word starts being used as another word (having some similar properties). In this process a word of some grammatical...

Conversion to Judaism (Hebrew: גִּיּוּר, romanized: giyur or Hebrew: גֵּרוּת, romanized: gerut) is the process by which non-Jews adopt the Jewish religion...

without any change to the word, such as in the conversion of the noun breakfast into the verb to breakfast, it's known as conversion, or zero derivation. Derivation...

Back-formation is the process or result of creating a new word via morphology, typically by removing or substituting actual or supposed affixes from a...

active conversion by free choice due to a change in beliefs, secondary conversion, deathbed conversion, conversion for convenience, marital conversion, and...

Forced conversion is the adoption of a religion or irreligion under duress. Someone who has been forced to convert to a different religion or irreligion...

just the whys." The process whereby a word comes to be used as a different part of speech is called conversion or zero derivation. Linguists recognize...

Catholic movements, like the Polish Light-Life promote post-baptismal formation based on the OCIA. Similarly, the Knights of Columbus provides a free...

proliferation of aerobic organisms and, indirectly, the formation of the ozone layer due to the subsequent conversion of atmospheric O2 into O3. The ozone layer blocks...

figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction. As a rhetorical device, an oxymoron...

WPDOS, and conversion is not easy. The menu remains the WPWin menu, and the available Toolbars are WPWin toolbars.[citation needed] WordPerfect 9 and...

conversion, using a word with a different grammatical role, for example using a noun as a verb or a verb as a noun. Another productive word-formation...

of faith formation and a meaningful experience of adult baptism at Easter." The word catechumen comes from the passive form of the Greek word κατηχέω (katēcheō)...

conventional rules of word formation (e.g., "handshoes" for gloves and "time measure" for clock); distinguished from a neologism, which is a new word whose derivation...

R S T U V W X Y Z See also References 2–4–5 defense A type of nickel formation with two linemen (two defensive ends, DEs, or one DE and one defensive...

Allah (/ˈælə, ˈɑːlə, əˈlɑː/; Arabic: ﷲ IPA: [əɫ.ɫɑːh] ) is the Arabic word for God, particularly the God of Abraham. Outside of the Middle East, it is...

football) to attempt to score (in the NFL, 15-yard line on 1-point conversions). Conversion attempts are used to score 1 or 2 points as follows: The offense...

downloading a software tool, and supports over 1,200 different conversion types. Since its formation, the service has converted over 510 million files for users...

causes the reactive conversion of the sub-chondral bone to an ivory-like surface at the site of the cartilage erosion. The word derives from Latin eburneus...

converted to Rabbinic Judaism in the 8th century, but the scope of the conversion to Judaism within the Khazar Khanate remains uncertain. Where the Khazars...

Auditory verbal agnosia (AVA), also known as pure word deafness, is the inability to comprehend speech. Individuals with this disorder lose the ability...

Arsiyah (other forms of the word include - Lariçiyeh, al-Larisiya) was the name used for a group of Muslim mercenaries in the service of the Khazar Khaganate...

conversion of the suffix-conjugated stative formation (jalas-) into a past tense. The conversion of the prefix-conjugated preterite-tense formation (yajlis-)...

The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔鬼 (Jyutping: mo1 gwai2; Standard Mandarin: 魔鬼; pinyin: móguǐ) meaning 'monster', 'evil spirit'...

word) as well as speech or action (expressed word). In John 1, the Word is God's self-revelation or self-disclosure. Before the Incarnation, the Word...

The erg is not an SI unit. Its name is derived from ergon (ἔργον), a Greek word meaning 'work' or 'task'. An erg is the amount of work done by a force of...