invert

[US]/ɪnˈvɜːt/
[UK]/ɪnˈvɜːrt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt.to turn upside down or inside out
n.something that is inverted; in computing, an inversion or reversal

Phrases & Collocations

invert the colors

invert the image

invert the order

invert the direction

invert sugar

Example Sentences

invert the subject and predicate of a sentence.

invert the mousse on to a serving plate.

inverting subject and verb to form an interrogative.

inverted comma (=quotation mark)

inverted and aired the mattress;

Inverted flight is an acrobatic maneuvre of the plane.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the compatible stability of mezlocillin sodium in fructose injection and invert sugar injection.

The little boy caught the insect by inverting the cup over it.

He inverted the glass and the water ran out.

If you invert “I can”, you have “can I”.

She caught the insect by inverting her cup over it.

The manager showed us to our ‘luxury apartment’, in inverted commas.

The primary inverter driving circuit,current foldback circuit,protection circuits for overheat and lowvoltage circuit are introduced specially.

Purpose: To report two cases of rare primary lacrimal sac tumor-one of inverted papilloma and the other of hemangiopericytoma.

Since this mixture has a different optical rotation (levorotatory) from the original sucrose, the mixture is called invert sugar.

A concave mirror would project a real inverted image of the silverpoint onto the panel, which van Eyck would trace.

If we add one or two tablespoonful of raw honey to a pint of concentrated solution of sucrose, the mixture will soon be changed into invert sugar.

Real-world Examples

695. I averted my eyes from the diverse advertisements for the invert converter.

Source: Remember 7000 graduate exam vocabulary in 16 days.

Charging depositors rather than borrowers inverts the usual order of things.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

The little boy caught the insect by inverting her cup over it.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

That tells us that the yield curve is inverted, as we say.

Source: Financial Times

To form question, we invert the subject and " be" .

Source: English multiple choice exercise.

With these questions, we do not invert the auxiliary verb and subject like we do with object questions.

Source: Grammar Lecture Hall

With dark mode, images and videos stay the same, while backgrounds and text get inverted from the regular scheme.

Source: Cheddar Science Interpretation (Bilingual Selected)

History tells us once the Yield Curve inverts, a U.S. recession is likely.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2018 Collection

Okay, I'd like to actually try this inverted just to make this even more impossible.

Source: Connection Magazine

Sometimes he'd even bend over and peer through his legs, marveling at the inverted world.

Source: National Geographic Anthology

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