invert

/in'və:t/

Thân thiện

The child inverts the glass to empty the water.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To turn something upside down or inside out; to reverse the position, order, or condition of something.
   • In grammar, to reverse the normal order of words, especially the subject and verb, as in forming a question.
   • In music, to change a melody or chord by reversing the order of its notes, often by moving the highest note to the bottom.

Examples of Usage

• Verb (General Reversal):
  • You can invert the cake onto a plate to cool.
  • The image was inverted, showing the tree's reflection in the water.
• Verb (Grammar):
  • To form a question, you often invert the subject and auxiliary verb: "She is here" becomes "Is she here?"
• Verb (Music):
  • The composer chose to invert the theme in the second movement.

Advanced Usage

• Inverted Commas: Another term for quotation marks, indicating speech or a special term.
  • The title should be placed in inverted commas.
• Inverted Sentence: A sentence where the typical subject-verb order is reversed, often for emphasis or in certain grammatical structures.
  • "Never have I seen such a beautiful sight" is an inverted sentence.

Variants and Related Words

• Inversion (noun): The act of inverting or the state of being inverted.
  • The inversion of the image made it difficult to recognize.
• Inverted (adjective): Describing something that has been turned upside down or reversed.
  • They lived in an inverted pyramid structure.
• Inverter (noun): A device that converts direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC).
  • The solar power system requires an inverter.

Synonyms

• Reverse: To change to the opposite position, direction, or order.
• Flip: To turn over quickly or casually.
• Overturn: To turn over or capsize.

Antonyms

• Maintain: To keep in an existing state.
• Uphold: To support or keep in a standard position.

Related Phrases

• Invert the order: To completely reverse the sequence of items.
  • Please invert the order of these paragraphs in the document.
• Invert a fraction: In mathematics, to interchange the numerator and denominator.
  • To divide by a fraction, you invert it and multiply.

Học thuật

Verb

1. turn inside out or upside down
2. reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
   • when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb
3. make an inversion (in a musical composition)
   • here the theme is inverted

Từ đồng nghĩa

• turn back
• reverse