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convertible

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //kənˈvɝtəbəɫ// UK //kənvˈɜːtəbəl// con·vert·ible Archaic

adj. able to be changed into a different form or used for a different purpose. You use this when something is flexible or can be swapped for something else.

adj. capable of being changed, exchanged, or adapted to a different form or purpose. Often used in financial contexts to describe securities that can be exchanged for another asset.


SIMPLE

This sofa is convertible into a bed.

CONTEXTUAL

The company issued convertible bonds that investors could swap for shares later.

COMPLEX

In logic, a valid argument is not necessarily convertible, meaning the truth of the conclusion does not guarantee the truth of the premises.

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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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