to reverse
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3.2
- verb
- /rɪˈvɜrs/
:
invertir
- We can't reverse-engineer a cure out of his blood.
- reverse the trend
- reverse the order
- reverse the direction
This is just the ability to reverse a system.
- This is just the ability to reverse a system.
- That were used to reverse the age in mice.
- But here's what your diet should look like if you want to reverse diabetes.
- OK, Denial, attack, reversing victim and offender, DARVO.
- OK, let's see our products visibly reverse the five signs of aging.
- How much can what you're sharing help reverse certain impacts?
- So I'm here to get it right and to reverse this diabetes problem.
- How much money would I pay to reverse that, right?
Examples
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So if we catch that early, can we reverse it in diet?
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That's what's going to reverse your fatty liver disease.
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How much money would I pay to reverse that, right?
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What would you have done to reverse the debt?
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How do I reverse this thing now?
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What, if anything, can be done to reverse or at least improve it?
Academic text (1999) -
The first way is to reverse the arrow of time like this.
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But here's what your diet should look like if you want to reverse diabetes.
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And that's, so that's how we, we sort of reverse engineer the project.
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The company is working on a new treatment to reverse the damage caused by pollution.
Synonyms
238
2.7
Move backwards to make space or avoid something
102
2.6
Cancel the effect of an action or decision
28
4.8
Turn something upside down, inside out, or change its usual order
11
2.6
To make the inside face outwards
5
5.0
Change something completely so it becomes very different
4
6.8
To completely change your opinion or decision
To swap the colors or patterns of opposite areas in a design
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.5
A process that makes water clean by forcing it through a thin layer to stop salt and dirt
- Specialized
1
8.2
A running play in American football where the ball is handed twice, each time changing direction
- Specialized
1
6.3
An enzyme that makes DNA from RNA, often used by viruses like HIV
- Specialized
A drug that stops HIV changing its genetic material and is used with other medicines
- Specialized
An HIV drug that joins viral DNA and stops the enzyme that copies the virus
- Specialized
A break in rock where one side moves up when the land is pushed together
- Specialized
A way to write math with numbers before the sign so no parentheses
- Specialized
Reduce the number of a company's shares so each share is worth more without changing total investment value
- Specialized
A company action that combines its shares so each is worth more but the total value stays the same
- Specialized
A drug that stops an enzyme viruses like HIV use to copy their genes
- Jargon
A position on rings where a gymnast hangs upside down with hips bent and legs straight
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
reverse = verse (semi-transparent) = re + verse
The verb 'to reverse' (to change to the opposite) directly matches the historical composition, but the root '-verse' is not a common standalone word for learners.
Etymology
Reverse comes from the Latin parts re- ('back') and vertere ('to turn'), so to reverse something is to 'turn it back' or change it to the opposite. That is why we say you can reverse the order or arrangement of things.