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invert
English
Pronunciation
- (verb):
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?v??t/
- (US) enPR: ?n-v?rt?, IPA(key): /?n?v?t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
- (noun):
- (UK) IPA(key): /??nv??t/
- (US) enPR: ?n?v?rt, IPA(key): /??nv?t/
Etymology 1
From Middle French invertir
Verb
invert (third-person singular simple present inverts, present participle inverting, simple past and past participle inverted)
- (transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
- to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
- 1782, William Cowper, Table Talk
- Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, / Wanting its proper base to stand upon.
- (transitive, music) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
- (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
- To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
- (anatomy) To turn (the foot) inwards.
Derived terms
- invert sugar
- inverted
- invertible
Related terms
- inversion
Translations
See also
- convert
Noun
invert (plural inverts)
- (obsolete, psychology) A homosexual.
- 1897, W. Havelock Ellis, Sexual Inversion, p. 202:
- We can seldom, therefore, congratulate ourselves on the success of any "cure" of inversion. The success is unlikely to be either permanent or complete, in the case of a decided invert; and in the most successful cases we have simply put into the invert's hands a power of reproduction which it is undesirable he should possess.
- 1897, W. Havelock Ellis, Sexual Inversion, p. 202:
- (architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *
- The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.
- (civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
- (civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
- A skateboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.
Translations
Adjective
invert (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
- invert sugar
Etymology 2
Noun
invert (plural inverts)
- (zoology, informal) An invertebrate.
References
Anagrams
- Vinter, ventri-, virent
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- what inverts the foot
- what invertebrates have exoskeletons
- what invertebrates live in water
versus
English
Etymology
From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus (“facing”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?v??s?s/, /?v??s?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /?v?s?s/, /?v?s?z/, /?v?s/
- Rhymes: -??(r)s?s
- Homophone: verses
Preposition
versus
- Against; in opposition to.
- Synonyms: vs, vs., (abbreviations) v
- Compared with, as opposed to.
- 2005, Robert E. Weiss, Modeling Longitudinal Data, Springer, ?ISBN, page 104:
- If, for example, we select random people entering a workout gym, versus if we pick random people entering a hospital, we will get very different samples.
- 2005, Robert E. Weiss, Modeling Longitudinal Data, Springer, ?ISBN, page 104:
- (law) Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).
- Synonyms: v, (abbreviation) v.
Translations
Related terms
Further reading
- versus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
Latin versus
Preposition
versus
- versus
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin versus. Doublet of verso, which is inherited.
Preposition
versus
- versus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?u?er.sus/, [?u??rs??s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ver.sus/, [?v?rsus]
Etymology 1
From earlier vorsus, from Proto-Italic *worssos, perfect passive participle of vert? (“to turn”).
Alternative forms
- vorsus
Participle
versus (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second-declension participle
- turned, changed, having been turned
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
- annivers?rius
- contr?versus
- pr?rsus/ pr?sus
- ?niversus
Etymology 2
Adverbial use of versus (“turned”).
Alternative forms
- versum
- vorsum
- vorsus
Adverb
versus (not comparable)
- towards, turned to or in the direction of, facing
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
Action noun from vert? + -tus.
Alternative forms
- vorsus
Noun
versus m (genitive vers?s); fourth declension
- a furrow (turned earth)
- (transf.) a line, row
- (partic.) a line of writing, a verse
- (partic.) a line of writing, a verse
- a land measure (= ??????? (pléthron))
- (dance) a turn, step
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Derived terms
- versiculus
- versific?
Descendants
Etymology 4
Perfect passive participle of verr? (“to sweep”).
Participle
versus (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second-declension participle
- swept
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- versus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- versus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- versus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- versus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Anagrams
- servus
Polish
Etymology
From Latin versus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?r.sus/
Preposition
versus
- versus (in opposition to)
- Synonym: kontra
Further reading
- versus in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- versus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Preposition
versus
- Alternative spelling of vérsus
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English versus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?be?sus/, [?be?.sus]
Preposition
versus
- versus
Usage notes
This word is sometimes frowned upon as an anglicism, with the suggestion that contra or the conjunction y should be used instead.
Further reading
- “versus” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References
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- what versus which
- what versus mean
- what versus why
- what versus which grammar girl
- what verzuz battle is tonight
- what verse is tonight
- what or who
- what verzuz battle had the most viewers
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