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invert.

To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪnˈvɜːt/Received-Pronunciation/ɪnˈvɜɹt/General-American
  1. To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it.

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

    transitive
  3. To undergo inversion, as sugar.

    intransitive
  4. To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

  5. To turn (the foot) inwards.

Where this word comes from

From Middle French invertir.

noun/ˈɪn.vət/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɪn.vəɹt/General-American
  1. An inverted arch (as in a sewer).

  2. The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.

  3. The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.

  4. An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.

  5. A skateboarding and snowboarding 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.

  6. A homosexual person, in terms of the sexual inversion theory.

    obsolete
  7. Of a person, assumed to be transgender, in terms of transvestigation.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle French invertir.

adj
  1. Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.

    not-comparable
    invert sugar
Where this word comes from

From Middle French invertir.

noun/ˈɪn.vət/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɪn.vəɹt/General-American
  1. An invertebrate.

    informal
Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of invertebrate.

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