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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ri-vurs
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvɜrs



Definition of reversing

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French revers "reverse, cross, opposite" (13c.), from Latin reversus, past participle of revertere "turn back, turn about, come back, return" (see revert). Reverse angle in film-making is from 1934. Reverse discrimination is attested from 1962, American English.
  • verb turn upside down or backwards
  • verb cancel, change
Example sentences :
  • They then reentered the submarine by reversing the process which had attended their exit.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • The next five rows are to correspond, reversing the colors and shades.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
  • Vogelstein asked, reversing in fancy a position not at all unknown to him.
  • Extract from : « Pandora » by Henry James
  • He seized the horses' bits and began to lead them in the reversing circle.
  • Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
  • In reversing the movement, similar activity for those on the left.
  • Extract from : « Dramatized Rhythm Plays » by John N. Richards
  • Detis had recovered from his wound and was reversing the rulden's energy.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of Vibration » by Harl Vincent
  • In this respect it resembles the problem of reversing the hands of a clock.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • Edouard flew to the wheelbarrow, and, reversing it, spun a lot of billet out.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • On reversing the tube, a second and similar cone was precipitated.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • By reversing its position and tapping it again we reverse its magnetism.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

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