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subvert

/səbˈvɝt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables
sub-vert
IPA
/səbˈvɝt/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

Transitive verb

verb

To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.

Transitive verb

verb

To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

Transitive verb

noun

An advertisement created by subvertising.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertō (“to overthrow”, literally “to underturn, turn from beneath”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *wert-, subverten, subvertir, subvertō

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /səbˈvɝt/
  • British English: /səbˈvɜːt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

subverts (present, singular) subverting (participle, present) subverted (participle, past) subverted (past) subverts (plural)

Derived Forms

resubvert subversion subversive subvertable subvertible subvertingly unsubverted

Synonyms

devastate erase wreck destroy annihilate aerosolize atomize benothing bewreck blot out blotto dash

Rhymes With

hurt shirt alert dirt insert skirt kurt dessert assert flirt bert burt

Questions

How do you pronounce subvert?
The recorded pronunciation is /səbˈvɝt/.
What does subvert mean?
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
Where does subvert come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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