inversion
Collocations
4ADJ.
known
VERB + INVERSION
cure, use
INVERSION + NOUN
mouthings
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
The action of inverting.
The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence.
The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note.
The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of turning inside out
- eversion
- everting
noun — turning upside down
- upending
noun — the reversal of the normal order of words
- anastrophe
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4Question formation involves the phenomenon commonly known as subject-auxiliary inversion, a change in word order in which the auxiliary moves in front of the subject.
WiktionaryWe can seldom, therefore, congratulate ourselves on the success of any "cure" of inversion.
WiktionaryMy father, León Fuertes, was a fag three years; […] He put on all the trappings of inversion: the twittered mouthings, the hyper-feminine moues, the languid mincings.
WiktionaryThus, it is not unrealistic to claim that the high level of education of his students has been crucial in their learning how to use inversion so well.
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