to overturn
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5.0
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈtɜrn/
:
revolucionar
- Everybody who does a PhD is technically anyway, working to overturn something in the existing body of knowledge.
- overturn long-held ideas
- overturn accepted assumptions
- overturn the paradigm
Because she was, and she overturned centuries of stereotyping.
- Because she was, and she overturned centuries of stereotyping.
- And that by applying reason we can overturn our understanding of of the world.
- And, and so we are going to overturn your apple cart and we're going to bring put the American people back in charge.
Examples
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Instead, these leaders seek to overturn what they see as a broken system.
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But he went further, overturning not just the mandate but the entire bill.
Academic text (2011) -
If you cool down fast enough, you just overturn, completely overturn the hierarchy.
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And that by applying reason we can overturn our understanding of of the world.
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When you come up with a new theory, you may conceptually overturn what came before.
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But in the twenty-first century, the status quo is much more difficult to overturn.
Academic text (2009) -
A new generation of sleep scientists is overturning the conventional wisdom about parasomnia.
Blog text (4) -
The thirty-year revolutionary period overturned the economic structure of Mexico and brought cultural norms into question.
Academic text (1993) -
Mayr also emphasizes how Darwin and his theories overturned such deeply held concepts as teleology.
Academic text (2006) -
The new evidence could overturn the previous ruling in the case.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To make something or someone different
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3.4
Change something a lot so it looks or works very differently
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3.2
To change something so its position, order, or effect is opposite
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6.6
Completely change something in a new and much better way
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4.5
Cause a big sudden change that leaves people confused
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3.9
To switch from one system, method, or activity to another
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6.5
Make people see something in a very different way
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7.5
To change something into a different form or material
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4.1
Change how something looks or works to improve it
Antonyms
How Transformed
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5.0
55
6.6
523
3.4
∞
1.0
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2.5
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overturn comes from the parts over- ('completely') and turn ('to change'), so to overturn an idea or system is to change it so much that it is very different from before.