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invert
[in-vurt, in-vurt]
verb (used with object)
to turn upside down.
to reverse in position, order, direction, or relationship.
to turn or change to the opposite or contrary, as in nature, bearing, or effect.
to invert a process.
to turn inward or back upon itself.
to turn inside out.
Chemistry.to subject to a reaction in which a starting material of one optical configuration forms a product of the opposite configuration.
Music.to subject to musical inversion, the transposition between the upper voice part and the lower.
Phonetics.to articulate as a retroflex vowel.
verb (used without object)
Chemistry.to undergo a reaction in which a starting material of one optical configuration forms a product of the opposite configuration.
adjective
Chemistry.subjected to a reaction in which a starting material of one optical configuration forms a product of the opposite configuration.
noun
a person or thing that is reversed in position, changed to the contrary, or turned upside down, inside out, or inward.
(in plumbing) that portion of the interior of a drain or sewer pipe where the liquid is deepest.
a U-shaped arch or vault, having the opposite vertical orientation compared to a traditional arch or vault.
Philately.a two-colored postage stamp with all or part of the central design printed upside down in relation to the inscription.
Psychiatry.(no longer in technical use)
a gay person.
a person whose behavior is considered nonnormative for their assigned sex, historically involving both gender non-conforming or transgender expression and gay or lesbian sexual orientation.
Disparaging and Offensive.anyone whose sexuality or gender expression is regarded as strange or unnatural, especially a gay or transgender person.
Informal.(especially among aquarists) invertebrate.
My invert tank is mostly sea slugs, but I bought a couple of shrimp recently also.
invert
verb
to turn or cause to turn upside down or inside out
(tr) to reverse in effect, sequence, direction, etc
(tr) phonetics
to turn (the tip of the tongue) up and back
to pronounce (a speech sound) by retroflexion
logic to form the inverse of a categorial proposition
noun
psychiatry
a person who adopts the role of the opposite sex
another word for homosexual
architect
the lower inner surface of a drain, sewer, etc Compare soffit
an arch that is concave upwards, esp one used in foundations
Other Word Forms
- invertible adjective
- noninverted adjective
- uninverted adjective
- ˈپ adjective
- ˌپˈٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of invert1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He can cope physically and is a very versatile player who can operate in any position down the flank, or by playing as an inverted full-back.
There was something transgressive and liberating about an aesthetic that inverted not only good and bad taste but also conventional and unconventional morality.
He explains that Tom Cruise’s Maverick represents the “more traditional American values of meritocracy over aristocracy amid what was supposed to be a cultural revolution intended to set up a new inverted aristocracy.”
Red Bull ran him on an inverted strategy starting on the hards and switching to the mediums and delayed his final pit stop as late as possible.
He has been deployed as an inverted left-back, often drifting into midfield, and his runs forward have contributed to City's attacking threat.
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