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invert

verb · noun

Simple meaning

Turn inside out or upside down.

Pronunciation

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ihnvurt

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ɪnˈvɝt

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

verb

  1. Turn inside out or upside down

  2. transitivemusic

    To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.

  3. chemistryintransitive

    Make an inversion (in a musical composition)

  4. chemistryintransitive

    To undergo inversion, as sugar.

  5. To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

noun

  1. A skateboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
C1 · Advanced (estimated)
Frequency
Uncommon
Typical Use
Varies by meaning

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Turn inside out or upside down

Used this way, invert is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use invert

  • “When forming a question, invert the subject and the verb.”verb
  • “Here the theme is inverted.”verb

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • inverternounInflected form

    An electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current.

  • invertedadjectiveInflected form

    Completely inverted.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • invert sugarnounCompound term

    A mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose.

  • inverted commanounCompound term

    A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else.

  • inverted hangnounCompound term

    A hang performed on the rings with the body upside down.

  • inverted pleatnounCompound term

    A box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward.

  • invert soapnounCompound term

    A class of synthetic detergents in which the surface-active part of the molecule is the cation.

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Synonyms

Sense: turn inside out or upside down

reverse

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