Synonyms for reversing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ri-vurs |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvɜrs |
Top 10 synonyms for reversing Other synonyms for the word reversing
- about-face
- back
- back up
- backpedal
- backtrack
- capsize
- convert
- countermand
- declare null and void
- double back
- evaginate
- evert
- exchange
- flip-flop
- go back
- go backwards
- interchange
- inverse
- invert
- move backwards
- negate
- overset
- overthrow
- rearrange
- recall
- renege
- repeal
- rescind
- retract
- retreat
- revert
- revoke
- set aside
- shift
- switch
- transfer
- transplace
- transpose
- turn around
- turn back
- turn over
- turn the tables
- undo
- upend
- upset
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for reversing
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