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/ɹɪˈvɜːs/rih-VURS
/ɹɪˈvɝs/rih-VURS

Meaningturned back

Common meaning: opposite

Journey through time

  1. Latinreversussource
  2. Old Frenchrevers‘strange, uncoth, crosse’source
  3. Middle Englishreverssource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsstrange, uncoth, crosse → oppositereverse‘opposite’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin reversus ‘turned back’.

Roots

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