How to pronounce "inverse"

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And Soloveitchik argued that these two sides

of our nature are at war with each other.

We live in perpetual self-confrontation

between the external success and the internal value.

And the tricky thing, I'd say, about these

two sides of our nature is they work

by different logics.

The external logic is an economic logic:

input leads to output, risk leads to reward.

The internal side of our nature

is a moral logic and often an inverse logic.

You have to give to receive.

You have to surrender to something outside yourself

to gain strength within yourself.

You have to conquer the desire to get what you want.

In order to fulfill yourself, you have to forget yourself.

In order to find yourself, you have to lose yourself.

We happen to live in a society that favors Adam I,

and often neglects Adam II.

And the problem is, that turns you into a shrewd animal

who treats life as a game,

Phonetic Breakdown of "inverse"

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Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:

/ɪnˈvɝs/

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IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

IH2 N V ER1 S

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Definition of "inverse"

Noun

An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or inside out or backwards.

Example: "321 is the inverse of 123."
The result of an inversion, particularly:
A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically:
A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
(Kiowa-Tanoan) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.

Verb

To compute the bearing and distance between two points.

Adjective

Opposite in effect, nature or order.
Reverse, opposite in order.
Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.

Example: "Multiplication is the inverse operation to division."
That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.

Example: "A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle."
(of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).

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reverse backward opposite reciprocal conversely reversal backwards reversed

Words That Sound Like "inverse"

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invar 2 syllables converse 2 syllables immerse 2 syllables invert 2 syllables averse 2 syllables infers 2 syllables reverse 2 syllables diverse 2 syllables