anastrophe

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈnæstrəfɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə nas′trə fē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
a•nas•tro•phe  (ə nas′trə fē),USA pronunciation n. [Rhet.]
  1. Rhetoricinversion of the usual order of words.
  • Greek: turning back. See ana-, strophe
  • 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
anastrophe / əˈnæstrəfɪ/
  1. another term for inversion3
Etymology: 16th Century: from Greek, from anastrephein to invert
'anastrophe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
inversion

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