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Definitions for Invert

[1] to turn upside down.
[2] to reverse in position, order, direction, or relationship.
[3] to turn or change to the opposite or contrary, as in nature, bearing, or effect: to invert a process.
[4] to turn inward or back upon itself.
[5] to turn inside out.
[6] Chemistry . to subject to inversion.
[7] Music . to subject to musical inversion.
[8] Phonetics . to articulate as a retroflex vowel.
[9] Chemistry . to become inverted.
[10] Chemistry . subjected to inversion.
[11] a person or thing that is inverted.
[12] a homosexual.
[13] (in plumbing) that portion of the interior of a drain or sewer pipe where the liquid is deepest.
[14] an inverted arch or vault.
[15] Philately . a two-colored postage stamp with all or part of the central design printed upside down in relation to the inscription.
[16] to turn or cause to turn upside down or inside out
[17] (tr) to reverse in effect, sequence, direction, etc
[18] (tr) phonetics to turn (the tip of the tongue) up and back to pronounce (a speech sound) by retroflexion
[19] logic to form the inverse of a categorial proposition
[20] psychiatry a person who adopts the role of the opposite sex another word for homosexual
[21] architect the lower inner surface of a drain, sewer, etc Compare soffit (def. 2) an arch that is concave upwards, esp one used in foundations

Words related to Invert

revert, convert, capsize, renege, backtrack, transpose, tip, modify, upset, flip, turn, flip-flop, introvert, overturn, alter, change, upend, evert, inverse, upturn

Words nearby Invert

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Origin of Invert

1525–35; < Latin invertere to turn upside down or inside out, equivalent to in- in-2 + vertere to turn; see verse

Other words from Invert

in·vert·i·ble , adjective
in·vert·i·bil·i·ty , noun
non·in·vert·ed , adjective
un·in·vert·ed , adjective
un·in·vert·i·ble , adjective

Word origin for Invert

C16: from Latin invertere, from in- ² + vertere to turn

Synonyms for Invert

alter, backtrack, capsize, change, convert, evert, flip, flip-flop, introvert, modify, overturn, renege, revert, tip, transpose, turn, upend, upset, double back, inverse, transplace, turn down, turn inside out, turn over, turn the tables, upturn