Similar words: universal, vice versa, reverse, adversary, anniversary, revert, for ever, revere. Meaning: [rɪ'vɜrsl /rɪ'vɜːsl] n. 1. a change from one state to the opposite state 2. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating 3. turning in an opposite direction or position 4. a decision to reverse an earlier decision 5. a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside 6. turning in the opposite direction 7. the act of reversing the order or place of 8. a major change in attitude or principle or point of view.
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61 This appears to be a complete reversal of government policy.
62 Ornish has demonstrated reversal of artery clogging in high-risk patients.
63 We must try and put this shock reversal in Boston to one side.
64 This week might be the week for a reversal of fortune.
65 Another eight minutes and Willie Jamieson powered in a header from an Iain Cameron free kick to complete the reversal of fortunes.
66 In a reversal of normality,(http://sentencedict.com/reversal.html) the Eiger had stared through a telescope at her.
67 A different principle of development - indeed, a reversal of the principle of increasing elaboration - seems more probable.
68 This odd reversal of polygyny has been attributed to a very high rate of ground predation whereby clutches are easily lost.
69 But if the move from history to hystery were simply a matter of role reversal it would be relatively unproblematic.
70 There is the important question of the reversal of the burden of proof.
71 Deconstruction is not just a reversal of strategies or a neutralisation of binary opposites: it is a process of displacement.
72 The call came after preparations for a reversal in the direction of flow helped gas prices to almost double on Monday.
73 Thus, the potential for this kind of reversal is always likely to be present in vernaculars.
74 The profits of supermarkets declined until 1975 when a reversal began.
75 None the less, the reversal that was set in motion reverberated powerfully on both sides of the thirty-eighth parallel.
76 The reversal of fortunes can be attributed to two factors.
77 This calls for complete reversal of former security doctrine based on strategic military considerations.
78 The overall effect of these dynastic upsets and sudden reversal of political alignment was disastrous from Rome's viewpoint.
79 The third example of the painful emotion engram is the third type: loss of an ally by reversal.
80 This reversal of roles, she had sensed, would irk him.
81 Mundo de siete pozos marks a change of direction, but not a reversal of attitudes.
82 As parents age, the issue of role reversal becomes more prominent.
83 Is it a consciously ironic reversal of the negative stereotype of blacks?
84 A recent parenting study corroborates the benefits of such role reversal.
85 For would-be predators Greene King; it's an embarrassing reversal after claiming a foregone conclusion.
86 Lateral reversal a positive or negative image transposed from left to right as in a mirror reflection of the original.
87 But a role reversal might be interesting to start off with.
88 Failure to do this is the only reason for a reversal of the spin from one direction to another.
89 Time reversal T is not unitary.
90 There was a reversal of autonomic function.
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