invert
verb (used with object)
to turn upside down.
have inverted
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present perfectof invert.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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An inversion in the yield curve is considered to be a reliable predictor of a recession, though at times they have inverted without a recession following.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2022
However, other parts of the curve have inverted.
From Reuters ● Feb. 3, 2022
Particularly with the TV platforms, they have inverted the relationship between the consumer, their money, and who owns the interface.
From The Verge ● Apr. 20, 2021
The Treasury Department announced new rules, effective immediately, that will reduce the tax benefits available to companies that have inverted, while also making new inversions more difficult to do and less potentially rewarding.
From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2014
"Nature I loved, and after Nature, Art," Landor declared in one of his stately epitaphs on himself; Browning would, in this sense of the terms at least, have inverted their order.
From Robert Browning by C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford
