to invert
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4.8
- verb
- /ɪnˈvɜrt/
:
invertir
- I flew the plane inverted, that means upside down, Hugh.
- inverted microscope
- inverted pendulum
- inverted U
So I once again the euro dollar yield curve inverted just recently.
- So I once again the euro dollar yield curve inverted just recently.
- In other words, the researchers created a knot gate that inverts a fluid base signal.
- There's a fun experiment that you can do, which is to completely invert your sense of sweet and sour.
- OK, this doesn't work anymore because the world has been inverted.
- What I have actually set up, I will do a triple click and just like inverts all the colors it's like fake dark mode.
- And the way we do this is by inverting the standard relation between desire and the world.
- And usually when the yield curve inverts, it's because we think we're going into a deep dark recession.
- I think that's meant to invert to create.
Examples
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There's a fun experiment that you can do, which is to completely invert your sense of sweet and sour.
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After baking for 30 minutes, carefully invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
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But what we're trying to do is kind of invert that process.
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But if you hang from your hands in the morning and then invert yourself at night for a short period of time.
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Would you like to invert the basket on the plate?
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So let's invert it and reveal the revealed anatomy.
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If they can invert that, I see no reason they couldn't invert pretty much anything.
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I go vertical and inverted... do a 180 at full throttle... apply brakes... and drop in behind 'em.
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Regular air won't pass through the membranes of inverted lungs.
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The nipple was inverted to ensure complete removal of ductal tissue, but was not cored.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
329
3.2
To change something so its position, order, or effect is opposite
41
2.5
Turn something so the side that was up is now down
30
4.1
Make something flip so it is upside down or on its side
11
2.6
To make the inside face outwards
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A sweet syrup made by breaking down table sugar into two simple sugars found in honey and fruits
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
invert = in + vert
Although the form suggests in- + vert, 'vert' is not a standalone English word and the prefix here does not correspond to the common negative 'in-', so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from component parts.
Etymology
Invert comes from Latin parts in- 'in' and vertere 'to turn', so it literally means 'turn in' or 'turn over'. Imagine turning a cake pan upside down to release the cake; that's why to invert something is to turn it upside down, inside out, or reverse its order.