Invert

Quick meaning: Invert is a verb meaning (transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

Meaning

(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, music) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
2. (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
4. (anatomy) To turn (the foot) inwards.
5. (architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer).
6. (civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

invert sugar

to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.

[H]e had miſgouerned the ſtate, inuerted his treaſures to his owne priuat […]

That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, / As if these organs had deceptious functions.

Word Forms

• inverts
• inverting
• inverted

Synonyms for invert

Depending on context, synonyms include reverse, up-end.

Antonyms for invert

Common opposites include normalize, standardise, unreverse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reverse, reversed, reversal, revert, expend, spend.

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