to reverse
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4.9
- verb
- /rɪˈvɜrs/
- Formal
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- After reviewing the new evidence, the committee voted to reverse its previous decision.
- court reversed
- reverse the decision
- reverse a policy
Dejoy, will you commit to reversing these changes?
- Dejoy, will you commit to reversing these changes?
- Death penalty cases if no court grants relief or reverses the sentence, end an execution.
- The trial court found for Zemmer, but the instant court reversed.
- But what I felt was these policies have been forced to be reversed.
- They can insist that all of the actions that Dejoy has taken be reversed and they can fire him.
- It doesn't have standing to argue that what other states do is bad and that it can reverse the results from different states.
- So then Elon came in and gave campaign contributions and reversed it.
Examples
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Then Bush asked the Supreme Court to reverse the decision.
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In 1994, however, the Supreme Court reversed the lower court's ruling and ordered a trial in the case.
Academic text (1999) -
Maybe I'll reverse the ban.
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And if you reverse this decision, how will it be spoken of in Rome?
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Moreover, the government ultimately reversed its request and supported full publication.
Academic text (2017) -
For so many reasons, it's critical that Congress pass a budget that reverses sequestration.
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But any emerging consensus was short-lived because a few months later, the First Circuit reversed that decision.
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They can insist that all of the actions that Dejoy has taken be reversed and they can fire him.
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Notably, the EPA does not have the authority to reverse the mandated phase-out of these substances.
Academic text (1991) -
Although at one time fervently antinuclear, Dagens Nyheter has completely reversed its position in recent years.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
255
4.2
To officially end a rule or restriction
143
4.3
To cancel a law or rule so it no longer applies
122
5.6
Officially cancel a decision or law
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2.6
Cancel the effect of an action or decision
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6.7
To cancel a rule or decision because something else is more important
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6.2
Officially stop something from being valid, for example a license
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5.7
To reject a decision or objection because someone else has more power
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7.9
Officially cancel a law, order, or agreement
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6.6
Cancel an official decision so it is no longer in effect
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8.1
Officially say a decision or order is not valid
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8.8
To officially cancel a law, agreement, or right
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9.2
To cancel or reverse an earlier order
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6.3
Officially say that a law, contract, or marriage is no longer valid
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7.9
To change an earlier decision or statement because of pressure
To suddenly change a public decision or promise
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
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1
8.2
A running play in American football where the ball is handed twice, each time changing direction
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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 Final
Surface Forms
Morphology
reverse = verse (semi-transparent) = re + verse
The legal sense 'to overturn' is a figurative extension of 'turn back', but learners may not see the connection to the obscure root form.
Etymology
Reverse comes from the Latin parts re- ('back') and vertere ('to turn'), so to reverse a decision is to 'turn it back' or cancel what was done before. That is why courts or governments can reverse earlier rulings or policies.