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reversal

/ɹɪˈvɜːsəl/rih-VUR-suhl
/ɹɪˈvɝsəl/rih-VUR-suhl

Meaningthe act of reversing

Common meaning: a turnaround

Journey through time

  1. Latinreversussource
  2. Old Frenchrevers‘strange, uncoth, crosse’source
  3. Middle Englishreverssource
  4. Englishreverse‘opposite’
  5. Englishformed in English from reversereversal‘a turnaround’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from reverse + -al.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REVERSE, p.507 · scan

Source words

  • reversus Latin · source word “turned back”

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