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View synonyms for evert

evert

1

[ ih-vurt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to turn outward or inside out.


Evert

2

[ ev-ert ]

noun

  1. Chris(tine Marie), born 1954, U.S. tennis player.

evert

1

/ ɪˈvɜːt /

verb

  1. tr to turn (an eyelid, the intestines, or some other bodily part) outwards or inside out
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Evert

2

/ ˈɛvət /

noun

  1. EvertChris(tine)1954FUSSPORT AND GAMES: tennis player Chris ( tine ). born 1954, US tennis player: winner of eighteen Grand Slam singles titles (1974–86), including the French Open a record seven times, the US Open a record six times, and Wimbledon three times
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • eˈversion, noun
  • eˈversible, adjective
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Other Words From

  • une·verted adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of evert1

1375–1425 for earlier past participle sense; 1795–1805 for current sense; late Middle English < Latin ēvertere to overturn, equivalent to ē- e- 1 + vertere to turn
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Word History and Origins

Origin of evert1

C16: from Latin ēvertere to overthrow, from vertere to turn
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Example Sentences

“All I had to do was put seven balls in the court and force an error,” Evert said.

Tennis dignitary Chris Evert stands behind her, forced into rapturous laughter along with 14,000 others inside the arena.

In the CNN national-security debate, Mitt Romney played his usual Chris Evert game, methodically returning every serve.

Evert Winthrop, thus introduced, had received from the mistress of East Angels an invitation to repeat his visit.

These vacations, so grudgingly granted, had been very happy times for the little Evert, and their memory remained with him still.

"Gloves have never been worn here at small tea-parties," she said to Evert Winthrop afterwards.

You see my mind still broods upon it, Evert; seeing you, my other boy, brings it all back.

The world has been in the wilderness, Evert, through all the ages of which we have record; now a clearer atmosphere is at hand.

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