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Meaning of "reversal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REVERSAL

reversal  [rɪˈvɜːsəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REVERSAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reversal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REVERSAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Reversal

Reversal may refer to: ▪ In law, reversal refers to the setting aside of a decision of a lower court by a higher court ▪ In drama, "reversal" refers to Aristotle's concept of Peripeteia ▪ Reversal film, a type of photographic film also known as slide or transparency film ▪ The Reversal, a novel by Michael Connelly ▪ Reversal of polarity ▪ In grappling, a reversal occurs when the defensive contender achieves an offensive position ▪ Reversal, a movie about wrestling ▪ Reversal, an options-trading strategy, see Options arbitrage#Reversal...

Definition of reversal in the English dictionary

The first definition of reversal in the dictionary is the act or an instance of reversing. Other definition of reversal is a change for the worse; reverse. Reversal is also the state of being reversed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REVERSAL


birsle
ˈbɜːsəl
cursal
ˈkɜːsəl
demersal
dɪˈmɜːsəl
disbursal
dɪsˈbɜːsəl
dispersal
dɪˈspɜːsəl
hirsel
ˈhɜːsəl
interspersal
ˌɪntəˈspɜːsəl
nonuniversal
ˌnɒnˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəl
noursle
ˈnɜːsəl
nursle
ˈnɜːsəl
Purcell
ˈpɜːsəl
quaquaversal
ˌkwɑːkwəˈvɜːsəl
rehearsal
rɪˈhɜːsəl
subversal
səbˈvɜːsəl
succursal
sʌˈkɜːsəl
tercel
ˈtɜːsəl
transversal
trænzˈvɜːsəl
traversal
trəˈvɜːsəl
universal
ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəl
versal
ˈvɜːsəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REVERSAL

revers
reversal film
reverse
reverse Apartheid
reverse arms
reverse charge call
reverse discrimination
reverse gear
reverse osmosis
reverse out
reverse racism
reverse swing
reverse takeover
reverse the charge
reverse transcriptase
reverse transom
reverse turn
reverse video
reverse-charge
reversedly

WORDS THAT END LIKE REVERSAL

bursal
colour-reversal
dextrorsal
discoursal
dorsal
dress rehearsal
extrorsal
in rehearsal
intertarsal
metatarsal
middorsal
morsal
role reversal
sinistrorsal
subdorsal
tarsal
tarsometatarsal
varsal

Synonyms and antonyms of reversal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REVERSAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «reversal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of reversal

Translation of «reversal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REVERSAL

Find out the translation of reversal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reversal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reversal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

彻底改变
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cambio
570 millions of speakers

English

reversal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्क्रमण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انعكاس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разворот
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reversão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উলটাপালটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

revirement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembalikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Umkehr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大転換
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

역전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbatalake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đảo ngược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலைகீழ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रत्यावर्तन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tersine çevirme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inversione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odwrócenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розворот
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inversare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιστροφή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ommekeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

återföring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

reversering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reversal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REVERSAL»

The term «reversal» is very widely used and occupies the 21.257 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REVERSAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reversal

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9 QUOTES WITH «REVERSAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word reversal.
1
Tony Gilroy
A reversal is just anything that's a surprise. It's a way of keeping the audience interested.
2
Matt Gonzalez
A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake of urgent man-made needs.
3
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
To recommend that women become identical to men, would be simple reversal, and would defeat the whole point of androgyny, and for that matter, feminism: in both, the whole point is choice.
4
Hari Kunzru
These days we're all hyper-aware of the canonical way in which stories are supposed to play out - people are taught all about three-act scripting and where to put the reversal and all of that - and I think we can do more interesting narratives.
5
John Dramani Mahama
Happily, there's a reversal of the brain drain occurring in Ghana now. We're seeing a lot of - actually in Africa - we're seeing a lot of African professionals, you know, returning to the continent to contribute their quota.
6
George C. Marshall
If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.
7
Michael O'Brien
We must become a people who are in submission, that is, submitted completely to the mission of the Church, 'in statu missionis.' Thus, living fully within the mainstream of grace, under the mantle of God's divine authority, and by uniting ourselves to the obedience of Christ on the cross, we participate in the reversal of Adam's sin.
8
Jonathan Raymond
I always thought the point of life was something richer than that. Something full of great tragedy or comedy, reversal of fortune, ecstasy, that kind of thing. But no, contemporary urban theorists seem satisfied with the merely livable, which always sounds to me like the merely survivable, the not so bad.
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Mike Rounds
The reversal of a Supreme Court opinion is possible.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REVERSAL»

Discover the use of reversal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reversal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Reversal
When Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on.
Michael Connelly, 2010
2
Protection & Reversal Magick: A Witch's Defense Manual
The difference: witches and magicians can do something about it. Now you can too. "Protection & Reversal Magick" is a complete how-to manual on preventing, defending, and reversing magickal attacks of any kind.
Jason Miller, 2006
3
The Physics of Time Reversal
In The Physics of Time Reversal, Robert G. Sachs comprehensively treats the role of the transformation T, both as a tool for analyzing the structure of matter and as a field of fundamental research relating to CP violation.
Robert G. Sachs, 1987
4
Role Reversal: Achieving Uncommonly Excellent Results in the ...
In this book, Mark Barnes introduces and outlines the Results Only Learning Environment--a place that embraces the final result of learning rather than the traditional methods for arriving at that result.
Mark Barnes, 2013
5
The Reagan Reversal: Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War
In The Reagan Reversal, now available in paperback, Beth A. Fischer convincingly demonstrates that President Reagan actually began seeking a rapprochement with the Kremlin fifteen months before Gorbachev took office.
Beth A. Fischer, 2000
6
Motivation and Emotion in Sport: Reversal Theory
Why was Martina Navratilova so successful as a professional tennis player? These and many other questions about aspects of motivation and emotion in sport are addressed in this book which is newly available in paperback.
John H. Kerr, 1997
7
Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion: Transition and ...
This second volume of a two-part collection of studies on inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion focuses on the ambiguities in myth and ritual of transition and reversal.
H. S. Versnel, 1990
8
The Great Reversal: How We Let Technology Take Control of ...
Through an assessment of the great works of philosophy and politics, Tabachnick explores the largely unrecognized history of technology as an idea.
David Tabachnick, 2013
9
Bosnia Remade: Ethnic Cleansing and Its Reversal
Bosnia Remade is an authoritative account of ethnic cleansing and its partial undoing in the Bosnian wars from 1990 to the present.
Gerard Toal, Carl T. Dahlman, 2011
10
Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown V. ...
Discusses the reversal of desegration in public schools
Gary Orfield, Susan E. Eaton, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REVERSAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reversal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Shorten won't rule out pension reversal
OPPOSITION Leader Bill Shorten won't rule out reversing changes made to pensions. THE government and the Australian Greens reached a deal to tighten the ... «NEWS.com.au, Jun 15»
2
Pradaxa Reversal Agent Works Within Minutes in Phase 3 Study
Boehringer Ingelheim announced results from an interim analysis of the Phase 3 RE-VERSE AD patient study with idarucizumab for urgent reversal of the ... «Monthly Prescribing Reference, Jun 15»
3
Eliquis Reversal Agent Demonstrates Efficacy in Phase 3 Study
ANNEXA-A is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, which evaluated the safety and efficacy of andexanet alfa in reversing apixaban-induced ... «Monthly Prescribing Reference, Jun 15»
4
GBP/JPY Technical Analysis: Attempting to Force Reversal
The British Pound managed to avert bearish reversal against the Japanese Yen but negative RSI divergence continues to warn of weakness ahead. A daily ... «DailyFX, Jun 15»
5
NKY St. Elizabeth hospitals to distribute heroin overdose reversal kits
Northern Kentucky —First Lady Jane Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced Tuesday that heroin and opiate overdose reversal kits will be ... «WLWT Cincinnati, May 15»
6
Reversal of Great Migration? Counties seeing racial shifts
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) - Numerous counties in metro Atlanta have seen a large racial shift this century, akin to a reversal of the 20th century's Great Migration, ... «Washington Times, May 15»
7
New lane reversal in the downtown core on 5th Avenue S.W.
Watch above: Tracy Nagai explains how the launch of the lane reversal was a bit of a quiet start. CALGARY – Drivers who frequent the downtown core will soon ... «Globalnews.ca, May 15»
8
Risk of sharp reversal remains - Carney
"The risk of a sharp and disorderly reversal remains, given compressed credit and liquidity risk premia," Carney, whose FSB oversees the global financial system ... «Reuters UK, Apr 15»
9
UK Weather: Temperatures set to fall in 'reversal of fortunes' after …
Temperatures are set to fall across much of the country in what the Met Office has described as a "reversal of fortunes". Much of Britain sizzled on the hottest day ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
10
'Reversal of Fortune'
'Reversal of Fortune'. Francis' illness forces Mary to act as king for a day (and make an important decision about her personal life). by Samantha Highfill • @ ... «Entertainment Weekly, Apr 15»

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