reverse
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4.2
- noun
- /rɪˈvɜrs/
:
revés
- In a few cases, we heard that individuals' net worth had been severely affected by stock market reverses.
- suffer a reverse
- financial reverses
She's seeing her own life in reverse, right?
- She's seeing her own life in reverse, right?
- But it also has the reverse in that it can make you very depressed.
Examples
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And it had a reverse effect.
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"Eventually, my... my father suffered some big financial reverses, and my mother left him."
Fiction book (1995) -
On you, it has the reverse effect.
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Only it had the reverse effect.
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Would you expect to get the same order or the reverse order or random order?
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When the markets go down, my reverse ETF goes up.
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But it also has the reverse in that it can make you very depressed.
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Gentlemen, despite the reverses and calamities of the recent past, we believe that this city still has a bright economic future.
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There must also be some vulnerability of the state in the form of internal divisions and economic or political reverses.
Academic text (2002) -
In a surprising turn of events, the team experienced a significant reverse in their performance and lost the match.
Synonyms
184
4.4
A sudden event that causes disappointment or trouble
148
3.6
A problem that delays progress or makes things worse
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4.2
A change to the opposite direction or position, for example when wind turns
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6.7
A sudden change in opinion or policy that reverses an earlier decision
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6.0
A complete change to the opposite view or decision
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4.4
A place where vehicles change direction to go back
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6.2
Something that is the opposite of another thing in order or effect
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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
A movement in the opposite direction to balance another movement
A decision to stop a journey and go back because of a problem
Antonyms
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 Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
reverse = verse (semi-transparent) = re + verse
Built from re- + -verse so the sense 'a reversal/setback' follows the 'turn back' logic, but -verse is not a familiar standalone word to learners.
Etymology
Reverse comes from the Latin parts re- ('back') and vertere ('to turn'), so a reverse is a 'turning back' or change to the other way. That is why a reverse can mean an unexpected setback or a change that makes things go the opposite way.