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Invert

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Verb

1. invert

make an inversion (in a musical composition)

Example Sentences:
'here the theme is inverted'

2. invert, reverse

reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of

Example Sentences:
'when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb'

3. invert, reverse, turn back

turn inside out or upside down

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Invert

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verb (ɪnˈvɜːt )
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 )
5. psychiatry
a. 
a person who adopts the role of the opposite sex
b.  an old-fashioned word for homosexual
6. architecture
a. 
the lower inner surface of a drain, sewer, etc
Compare soffit (sense 2)
b. 
an arch that is concave upwards, esp one used in foundations

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Invert

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verb transitive
1. 
to turn upside down
2. 
to change to the direct opposite; reverse the order, position, direction, etc. of
3. 
to subject to inversion (in various senses)
4.  Ancient Mathematics
to divide 1 by (a given quantity)
adjective
5.  Chemistry
inverted
invert sugar
noun
6. 
an inverted person or thing
7.  Psychiatry
homosexual
now seldom used

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Invert

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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.
3. To subject to inversion.
v. intr.
To be subjected to inversion.
n. (ĭnvûrt)
1. Something inverted.
2. Psychology In early psychology, a person who displays behavior or attitudes considered typical of the opposite sex, including sexual attraction to members of one's own sex. No longer in scientific use.

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