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Adjective: inverted  in'vur-tid
  1. Being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
    "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma";
    - upside-down
     
  2. (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk
    - anatropous
Verb: invert  in'vurt
  1. (music) make an inversion (in a musical composition)
    "here the theme is inverted"
     
  2. Turn around the position, order, relation, or condition of
    "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb";
    - reverse
     
  3. Turn inside out or upside down
    - turn back, reverse

See also: turned

Type of: alter, change, modify, reorder

Encyclopedia: Inverted

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