invert
pronunciation
How to pronounce invert in British English:
UK [ɪnˈvɜːt]
How to pronounce invert in American English:
US [ɪnˈvɜːrt]
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- Verb:
- make an inversion (in a musical composition)
- turn inside out or upside down
Word Origin
- invert
- invert: see verse
- invert (v.)
- 1530s, from Middle French invertir or directly from Latin invertere "turn upside down, turn about," from in- "in, on" (see in- (2)) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Inverted; inverting; invertedly.
Example
- 1. To invert karl marx , investment bankers may have nothing to gain but their chains .
- 2. Some issues in application of invert robbery crime .
- 3. Invert the differential case in the vise .
- 4. I flinch so hard I nearly invert .
- 5. Games not only subvert that rule , they invert it completely : players will happily fork out good money for the privilege of being allowed to attempt arbitrary jobs .