invert

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ɪnˈvɝt/ UK /ɪnˈvɜːt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to turn upside down or reverse in position or order

Invert the cake onto a plate once it has cooled.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to turn upside down or... reverse transpose overturn upend flipreorder

Opposites

right upright

Word family

Derived forms inverterinvertedinvertibleinvertibility

Related forms inverse inversion

Etymology

From Latin invertere 'to turn upside down, reverse', from in- 'in, upon' plus vertere 'to turn'.

invertere Latin vertere Latin

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Topics

Space, Position & Direction

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# invert

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈvɝt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈvɜːt/

## Meanings
1. to turn upside down or reverse in position or order

## Examples
- Invert the cake onto a plate once it has cooled.

## Synonyms
- reverse
- transpose
- overturn
- upend
- flip
- reorder

## Antonyms
- right
- upright

## Derived Forms
- inverter
- inverted
- invertible
- invertibility

## Related Forms
- inverse
- inversion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: invertere
- Root: vertere

## Etymology
From Latin invertere 'to turn upside down, reverse', from in- 'in, upon' plus vertere 'to turn'.

## AI Etymology
invert comes from Latin invertere 'to turn upside down, reverse', from in- 'in, upon' plus vertere 'to turn'. Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the verb sense is "to turn upside down or reverse in position or order", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as inverse and inversion, and in derivatives such as inverter, inverted, invertible, and invertibility. Its semantic neighborhood includes reverse, transpose, overturn, and upend, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin invertere and Latin vertere.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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