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inversione

reversal

noun een-vehr-SYOH-neh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Origin: From Latin inversio (invertere, to turn around).

Also means

inversion

Usage Note

Inversione is used in many technical fields: inversione di tendenza (reversal of trend), inversione di marcia (U-turn in driving), and inversione di rotta (change of course). In grammar it refers to subject-verb inversion. A very common compound is inversione a U ('U-turn').

Examples

"Il governo ha fatto un'inversione di tendenza."

Natural Translation

The government made a reversal of the trend.

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