in
vert
Third Person
inverts
Present Participle
inverting
Past Tense
inverted
Past Participle
inverted
1
to flip or reverse the position or arrangement of something
transitive
- In some board games, players can invert the board to play from a different angle.
- To see the hidden message, you must invert the card.
- The choreographer asked the dancers to invert their formation for the final scene.
2
to rearrange the order or pitch of the notes in a chord, so that the lower note becomes the higher note and vice versa
transitive
- The pianist decided to invert the chord progression in the bridge.
- The guitarist demonstrated how to invert a triad by placing the third or fifth as the lowest note.
- During the jazz improvisation, the saxophonist skillfully inverted the chords.
- The arranger decided to invert the bassline in the final chorus.