evert
pronunciation
How to pronounce evert in British English:
UK [ɪ'vɜ:t]
How to pronounce evert in American English:
US [ɪ'vɜt]
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- Verb:
- turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward
Word Origin
- evert (v.)
- 1530s, from Latin evertere "turn out, turn over, overthrow," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Everted; everting.
Example
- 1. Evert thought is a seed , if you plant crab apples , don 't count on harvsting golden delious .
- 2. In fact , it turns out serious accidents are surprisingly rare given the sheer number of explosives available on evert street corner in china during the spring festival period .
- 3. For much the late 1970s and early 1980s , martina navratilova and chris evert dominated women 's tennis in a manner similar to that of mr federer et al today .
- 4. In 1974 , chris evert was engaged to jimmy connors when they both won singles titles at wimbledon , and the couple was dubbed ' the love match , ' though they later broke off the engagement .
- 5. Acity is the economic center of its surrounding areas , hence whether the logistics activity in urban is unobstructed or not will certainly influence the political , economy and cultural activity of the city and evert a certain effect on the peripheral area .