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Examples of Conversion Words
Here are some examples of true conversion words. Some begin as verbs and convert to nouns, while others work in the reverse order.

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1. Host (noun) – a person who receives or entertains another
To host (verb) – the act of receiving or entertaining another
2. To hope (verb) – the act of trusting or expecting something to happen

Hope (noun) – the feeling of trust or expectation that something will happen

3. Microwave (noun) – a home appliance that uses electromagnetic waves to infuse heat into objects
To microwave (verb) – to cook or warm food (or other objects) via a microwave appliance
4. Eye (noun) – an organ needed for sight
To eye (verb) – to view someone or something closely or with suspicion


Conversion Process in English
English is an ever-evolving language. Conversions are responsible for giving new meaning to existing words, and the conversion process in English is more commonplace in the twenty-first-century lexicon than ever before.

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The pace of communication continues to increase for English speakers as technology drives our correspondence. Mobile communication has a sense of urgency—a need or desire to be understood in fewer and fewer words and more unique ways. As a result, conversion has become a more legitimate and common way to create new words. Consider the verb “to Google.” Google used to simply be the name of a search engine; now, the word is synonymous with searching for something on the internet.


Types of Conversion in English
There are a few different types of conversion in English. The process typically involves a noun and a verb, but these are not the only options for conversion.

Noun to Verb (Verbification)
The most common form of conversion in English is noun to verb; meaning, most instances of conversion are noun to verb (also called verbification).
“ Calvin: I like to verb words.
Hobbes: What?
Calvin: I take nouns and adjectives and use them as verbs. Remember when “access” was a thing? Now it’s something you do. It got verbed. Verbing weirds language. ”
The last phrase, “Verbing weirds language” is an example of taking an adjective (weird) and using it as a verb.

Verb to Noun
A less common form of conversion than verbification is the transition from verb to noun is still widely used.

The following sentence from The Art of War (5th century BC), written by Sun Tzu, contains an example of a verb used as a noun.

You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended. (Chapter 6)

In this example, the word attack is used first as a noun and then as a verb. The word attack began in the English language as a verb but, as seen here, can also be a noun.