adj · noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɪn.vət/
General-American:ĭnʹvərt
General-American:/ˈɪn.vəɹt/
rhymes with -ɪnvə(ɹ)t
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪnˈvɜːt/
General-American:ĭn-vərtʹ
General-American:/ɪnˈvɜɹt/
Canada:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
CMU ARPABET:IH2 N V ER1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A skateboarding and snowboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A homosexual person, in terms of the sexual inversion theory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
Of a person, assumed to be transgender, in terms of transvestigation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Qualifier: conspiracy theories
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noun
Meaning 9
An invertebrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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verb
Meaning 10
To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
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verb
Meaning 11
To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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verb
Meaning 12
To undergo inversion, as sugar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract