inverse
Meaning of inverse
adjective
- opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or effect.
numerous studies have shown an inverse relationship between exercise and the risk of heart disease
- something that is the opposite or reverse of something else.
power is the inverse of dependence
- a reciprocal quantity, mathematical expression, geometric figure, etc. which is the result of inversion.
the age of such a universe is simply the inverse of the Hubble constant
late Middle English: from Latin inversus, past participle of invertere (see invert1).
Information about inverse
- The plural form of inverse is: inverses.
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Hyphenation of inverse
in-verse
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- inverse is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
inverse synonyms
Meaning reverse:
Meaning opposite:
Meaning turned the other way round or up or inside out:
Meaning put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement:
Meaning engage in conversation:
Meaning opposite in nature, direction, or meaning:
Meaning a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria:
Meaning directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible:
Meaning cause (two or more things) to exchange places:
Meaning (of the uterus) tilted abnormally backwards:
Meaning the side of a coin or medal bearing the head or principal design:
Meaning a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else:
Translation of inverse
- French: opposé, contraire, inverse
- German: umgekehrt
- Italian: inverso
- Portuguese: inverso
- Spanish: opuesto, inverso, contrario, contraria, opuesta, inversa
Anagrams of inverse
enviers, inserve, Severin, Vereins, veiners, veneris, venires, versine
Words that rhyme with inverse
Erse, erse, accerse, Herse, herse, alerse, Merse, demerse, emerse, immerse, merse, reimmerse, submerse, Barosperse, Perse, asperse, consperse, disperse, heterodisperse, insperse, intersperse, misasperse, monodisperse, multidisperse, paucidisperse, perse, polydisperse, predisperse, redisperse, sperse, Materse, absterse, noterse, terse, unterse, Converse, adverse, anniverse, averse, beverse, bouleverse, controverse, converse, costotransverse, countertraverse, diverse, everse, frontotransverse, ileotransverse, imperverse
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