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The correct spelling is inverted.
How to pronounce inverted
verb
Say it like: Inv-ert-ed
The correct spelling is inverted. To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction. For example: "to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc."
Usage Examples
“to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
- 2.To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
- 3.To undergo inversion, as sugar.
- 4.To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
- 5.To turn (the foot) inwards.
adjective
- 1.Having the order or direction changed; for example turned upside down, reversed or in any other way opposite or contrary.
- 2.Homosexual.
- 3.(of a chord) Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher.
- 4.(of sugar) Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar.
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