reversal
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4.2
- noun
- /rɪˈvɜrsl/
:
giro
- This is a complete reversal of his usual watch-and-wait strategy.
- a sudden reversal
- an abrupt reversal
- a dramatic reversal
Hagel is going to chart out the process by which this reversal will occur.
- Hagel is going to chart out the process by which this reversal will occur.
- And now we're seeing a reversal of that trend.
- If you take a movie and then run it backwards, that's the time reversal.
- So a complete reversal of the colour scheme of inside the limousine.
- A very important reversal has happened here.
- And yet, my gosh, it's just a complete reversal of reality.
- However, it's an inversion, A reversal because nothing is coming back at you.
- If it does feel different to you, that's what the reversal test is trying to tease out.
- But you know, reversal of aging and cures for all diseases.
- And I don't think it is like a complete, you know, reversal of rights.
- So here we have a a complete reversal.
- It's not, you know, in the midpoint there should be a, a reversal.
Examples
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The last three decades have seen a role reversal in this regard.
Academic text (1992) -
And now we're seeing a reversal of that trend.
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The first sign of a reversal is a failure to make a new high.
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And yet, my gosh, it's just a complete reversal of reality.
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We've had a reversal in the global order.
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Still, if and when President Trumbull is back in command, a reversal of Kirby's policy could be at hand.
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After the crackdown in Tiananmen, there would be a reversal of both political and economic reforms.
Academic text (1993) -
Still, it represented a reversal of the 1983-85 policies, motivated by the impending election.
Academic text (1992) -
If the rumors are true that Serbian Colonel Vojnovic has been released from prison, it would be a reversal of long time U.S. policy of no negotiation with terrorists.
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The company experienced a significant reversal in its fortunes after the new management took over.
Synonyms
10
6.0
A complete change to the opposite view or decision
8
4.4
A place where vehicles change direction to go back
8
6.2
Something that is the opposite of another thing in order or effect
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7.3
A sudden, complete change of direction or opinion
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4.2
A sudden change to the opposite direction or a setback that stops progress
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3.2
A move to face or go a different way
3
6.3
An act of turning something upside down or inside out
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6.9
A return to an earlier state or condition
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4.2
An action that reverses the effect of a previous action
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4.4
A complete change of direction or opinion
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6.6
A sudden public change of a decision or promise
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9.6
A sudden complete change of opinion or plan
A movement in the opposite direction to balance another movement
A decision to stop a journey and go back because of a problem
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reversal comes from Latin parts re- 'back' and vert 'to turn', the same root you see in reverse. So a reversal in the wind's direction is like the wind 'turning back', which explains the modern meaning of changing to the opposite direction.