invert
verb /ɪnˈvɜːt/
/ɪnˈvɜːrt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they invert | /ɪnˈvɜːt/ /ɪnˈvɜːrt/ |
| he / she / it inverts | /ɪnˈvɜːts/ /ɪnˈvɜːrts/ |
| past simple inverted | /ɪnˈvɜːtɪd/ /ɪnˈvɜːrtɪd/ |
| past participle inverted | /ɪnˈvɜːtɪd/ /ɪnˈvɜːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form inverting | /ɪnˈvɜːtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈvɜːrtɪŋ/ |
- invert something (formal) to change the normal position of something, especially by turning it into a position in which the top of it is where the bottom of it normally is or by arranging it in the opposite order
- Place a plate over the cake tin and invert it.
- In questions, the subject and verb are often inverted.
- The shape looked like an inverted V.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘turn back to front’): from Latin invertere, literally ‘turn inside out’, from in- ‘into’ + vertere ‘to turn’.