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- Dictionaryinverted/ɪnˈvəːtɪd/
adjective
- 1. placed or lying upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement from usual: "press into an inverted U shape"
- 2. (of a chord or interval) altered by the transposition of a note or notes into a higher (or lower) octave: "an inverted fifth chord"
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INVERTED definition: 1. changed from the normal position by being turned upside down or being arranged in the opposite…. Learn more.
1. a. : to reverse in position, order, or relationship. b. : to subject to inversion. 2. a. : to turn inside out or upside down. b. : to turn inward. 3. : to find the mathematical reciprocal of. to divide using fractions, invert the divisor and multiply. 4.
to turn something upside down or change the order of two things: In some languages, the word order in questions is inverted (= the verb comes before the subject of the sentence). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Turning upside down. ass. capsize. flip. go ass over (tea)kettle idiom. inverted. invertible. loop the loop idiom. overturn.
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.
to turn something upside down or change the order of two things: In some languages, the word order in questions is inverted (= the verb comes before the subject of the sentence). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Turning upside down. ass. capsize. flip. go ass over (tea)kettle idiom. inverted. invertible. loop the loop idiom. overturn.
If something is inverted, it's upside-down, like an inverted angel food cake that you flipped over so it could cool on the counter after baking. Do a handstand and you have an inverted body, with your head down and your feet up in the air.
1. to turn or cause to turn upside down or inside out. 2. (transitive) to reverse in effect, sequence, direction, etc. 3. (transitive) phonetics. a. to turn (the tip of the tongue) up and back. b. to pronounce (a speech sound) by retroflexion. 4. logic. to form the inverse of a categorial proposition. noun (ˈɪnvɜːt )
When you invert something, you turn it upside down, whether it’s an idea or a test you place face-down on your desk when you are finished. Invert comes from the Latin word invertere, which means "to turn." For example, you might invert a cake pan, turning it upside down on a plate in order to remove the cake.
invert. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English in‧vert /ɪnˈvɜːt $ -ɜːrt/ verb [ transitive] formal to put something in the opposite position to the one it was in before, especially by turning it upside down (=the bottom is on the top and the top is on the bottom) → upside down → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus ...
in·vert. (ĭn-vûrt′) v. in·vert·ed, in·vert·ing, in·verts. v.tr. 1. To turn inside out or upside down: invert an hourglass. 2. To reverse the position, order, or condition of: invert the subject and predicate of a sentence. See Synonyms at reverse.
