invert
verb (used with object)
to turn upside down.
inverts
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present tense formof invert (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Through 2024 and 2025, part of the case for Bitcoin as an institutional allocation rested on an easing cycle ahead; a forecast of tightening inverts that premise,” said Deutsche Bank research analyst Marion Laboure.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Ecuador left-back Piero Hincapie inverts into central midfield.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
When that relationship inverts, the market is saying something specific — that the “value of deliverability and physical security has overtaken the value of global exposure.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
It inverts the First Amendment’s core purpose: protecting speech that persuades, speech that matters, speech people actually hear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
To avoid monotony Dawkins inverts the structure of one of the lines in this couplet.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
