invert
verb (used with object)
to turn upside down.
inverting
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present participleof invert.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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That’s a way of inverting your intuitive, emotional response to a declining market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
While our population pyramid is inverting, people who reach age 65 are now expected to live for at least another 20 years.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
To waste your one good death,” he thinks, inverting Mary Oliver’s famous line about putting our one wild precious life to use.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Season 4 circles back to the first’s high notes, inverting nearly everything about it.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2024
That’s why guidelines on how to avoid legalese and other turbid professional styles call for using first- and second-person pronouns, inverting passives into actives, and letting verbs be verbs rather than zombie nouns.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
