inversion Definition
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inversion
noun
- 1. The act of turning upside down or inside out, or otherwise inverting.
2. The state of being turned upside down, inside out or otherwise inverted.
3. A reversal of position, order, direction, form, effect, etc.
- Thesaurus: opposite, reversal, antithesis, contraposition, transposition.
5. grammar.
- The reversal of the word order of normal subject followed by verb, as in up popped the toast. Also called anastrophe.
