Turned upside down or inside out. The inverted cup was placed on the table to dry.
Reversed in position, order, or direction. The inverted pyramid structure of the article made it easy to understand the main points first.
Having a position or arrangement that is the opposite of the usual or expected. The inverted colors in the painting gave it a surreal appearance.
(dated, offensive) Homosexual; having an inverted sexual orientation. In early-20th-century fiction, an "inverted" man was often depicted as a tragic figure.
To turn something upside down or inside out. She inverted the glass to let the last drops of water fall out.
To reverse the position, order, or arrangement of something. The teacher asked the students to invert the order of the numbers in the sequence.
To change something to its opposite or contrary. The artist decided to invert the colors in the painting for a dramatic effect.
To change a fraction, matrix, function, or other mathematical object to its reciprocal or inverse. To solve the equation, first invert the coefficient matrix.