Past tense of invert
regular verb
The past tense of invert is inverted. The past participle is also inverted.
Forms of invert
| Base form (V1) | invert /ɪnˈvɜːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | inverted |
| Past participle (V3) | inverted |
| Present participle | inverting |
| Third person singular | inverts |
Inverted in a sentence
- His dislike of the residents of the wealthier neighbourhood was simply inverted snobbery.From the entry inverted snobbery
- The lyrics in the song's bridge inverted its meaning.From the entry bridge
- (figuratively, by extension) Of a perspective, reversed or inverted.From the entry back to front
- An inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.From the entry tautochrone
- Master-slave flip-flops tend to be negative-edge-triggered; however, the clock input can be inverted in order to make the master-slave flip-flop be positive-edge-triggered.From the entry negative-edge-triggered
Meaning of invert
- verb To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it.
- verb To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
- verb To undergo inversion, as sugar.
Questions about the past tense of invert
- What is the past tense of invert?
- The past tense of invert is inverted.
- What is the past participle of invert?
- The past participle of invert is inverted.
- Is invert a regular or irregular verb?
- Invert is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: invert (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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