Latin

in-

in, into, on, upon

Forms

in-
im- — Used before b, m, or p in Latin.
il- — Used before l in Latin.
ir- — Used before r in Latin.
en- — Developed in French in some words later borrowed into English.

Origin

Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *en, ‘in.’

Note

Identical spellings can hide two different prefixes: this one indicates position or direction, while the other means ‘not.’

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verb

invert

in-VURT/ɪnˈvɜːrt/

To reverse something's order, position, or direction.

The adult inverts the cup, turning its open mouth downward.

East Asian adult turns a cup upside down with a clear hand gesture.

Etymology

inLatinin, into, on, upon

+vertLatinturn

The compound of in- and vertere meant “turn upside down” or “turn about.” That physical turning supplies the image for reversing something’s position, order, or sequence.

In context

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if you want to invert the displacement map you can just invert these values and now it's basically flipping which layer is on top

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More examples

The software inverts the order of the names.
Inverting the image's colors makes the dark areas light.
She inverted the fraction, changing three-fourths to four-thirds.

Forms

invert · inverts · inverted · inverting

inversion noun — A reversal of order, position, or direction.

Similar words

reverse: Can also mean undoing a decision or changing course.
flip: Usually means turning something over with a quick movement.
transpose: Means exchanging the positions of two things within an arrangement.