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Word: Invert
Speech Type: Verb
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘turn back to front’): from Latin invertere, literally ‘turn inside out’, from in- ‘into’ + vertere ‘to turn’
ɪnˈvəːt
put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement
Short Definition:put upside down
Examples:- invert the mousse on to a serving plate
modify (a phrase) by reversing the direction of pitch changes.
Short Definition:reverse direction of pitch changes of phrase
subject to inversion; transform into its inverse.
Short Definition:subject to inversion
Word: Invert
Speech Type: Noun
ˈɪnvəːt
an arch constructed in an upside-down position to provide lateral support, e.g. in a tunnel.
Short Definition:upside-down arch
a gay person.
Short Definition:gay person
a postage stamp printed with an error such that all or part of its design is upside down.
Short Definition:stamp printed with design upside down
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