Thus, 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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Inversion
//ɪnˈvɚ.ʒən//
Synonyms for "inversion" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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Translations
28 translations across 15 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- շրջադասություն noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
- շրջում noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Bengali
1 entries- অপেক্ষিক noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Bulgarian
1 entries- инве́рсия noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 倒裝 /倒装 noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Finnish
1 entries- käänteinen sanajärjestys noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
French
3 entries- inversion noun (being in an inverted state)
- inversion noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
- renversement noun (musical senses)
German
1 entries- Inversion noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Greek
2 entries- αναστροφή noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
- αντιστροφή noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Ido
1 entries- inversigo noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Irish
1 entries- aisiompú noun (being in an inverted state)
Japanese
3 entries- 倒置 noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
- 倒置法 noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
- 転倒 noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Macedonian
1 entries- инве́рзија noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Portuguese
1 entries- inversão noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Russian
2 entries- инве́рсия noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
- обра́тный поря́док слов noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Spanish
4 entries- alteración noun (being in an inverted state)
- anástrofe noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
- hipérbato noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
- hipérbaton noun (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The images detached from every aspect of life merge into a common stream in which the unity of that life can no longer be recovered. Fragmented views of reality regroup themselves into a new unity as a separate pseudoworld that can only be looked at. The specialization of images of the world evolves into a world of autonomized images where even the deceivers are deceived. The spectacle is a concrete inversion of life, an autonomous movement of the nonliving.
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Billions of dollars are at stake in the squabble over a tax tactic called “inversion,” that President Barack Obama believes is not fair to their American competitors or the hard-working American taxpayer.
Source: tatoeba (11068392)
Question 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.
Source: wiktionary
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