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[ ih-vurt ]

/ ɪˈvɜrt /

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verb (used with object)

to turn outward or inside out.

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Origin of evert

1375–1425 for earlier past participle sense; 1795–1805 for current sense; late Middle English <Latin ēvertere to overturn, equivalent to ē-e-¹ + vertere to turn

OTHER WORDS FROM evert

un·e·vert·ed, adjective

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evermore, evernet, Evers, eversible, eversion, evert, evertor, everwhere, everwhich, every, every bit

Other definitions for evert (2 of 2)

Evert

[ ev-ert ]

/ ˈɛv ərt /

noun

Chris(tine Marie), born 1954, U.S. tennis player.

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How to use evert in a sentence

“All I had to do was put seven balls in the court and force an error,” Evert said.
Serena Williams doesn’t need another Grand Slam. She has nothing left to prove.|Sally Jenkins|August 25, 2021|Washington Post
Tennis dignitary Chris Evert stands behind her, forced into rapturous laughter along with 14,000 others inside the arena.
Tennis Star Li Na Says Goodbye to the Court…and Puts the Sport’s Rise in Asia in Question|Nicholas McCarvel|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the CNN national-security debate, Mitt Romney played his usual Chris Evert game, methodically returning every serve.
Paul Begala: Gingrich Dominates Foreign Policy Debate|Paul Begala|November 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Evert Winthrop, thus introduced, had received from the mistress of East Angels an invitation to repeat his visit.
East Angels|Constance Fenimore Woolson

These vacations, so grudgingly granted, had been very happy times for the little Evert, and their memory remained with him still.
East Angels|Constance Fenimore Woolson
"Gloves have never been worn here at small tea-parties," she said to Evert Winthrop afterwards.
East Angels|Constance Fenimore Woolson
You see my mind still broods upon it, Evert; seeing you, my other boy, brings it all back.
East Angels|Constance Fenimore Woolson
The world has been in the wilderness, Evert, through all the ages of which we have record; now a clearer atmosphere is at hand.
East Angels|Constance Fenimore Woolson

British Dictionary definitions for evert (1 of 2)

evert

/ (ɪˈvɜːt) /

verb

(tr) to turn (an eyelid, the intestines, or some other bodily part) outwards or inside out

Derived forms of evert

eversible, adjectiveeversion, noun

Word Origin for evert

C16: from Latin ēvertere to overthrow, from vertere to turn

British Dictionary definitions for evert (2 of 2)

Evert

/ (ˈɛvət) /

noun

Chris (tine). born 1954, US tennis player: winner of eighteen Grand Slam singles titles (1974–86), including the French Open a record seven times, the US Open a record six times, and Wimbledon three times

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