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reversion

/ɹɪˈvɜːʒən/rih-VUR-zhuhn
/ɹɪˈvɝʒən/rih-VUR-zhuhn

Meaningthe act of reverting

Common meaning: going back to an earlier state

Journey through time

  1. Latinreversussource
  2. Old Frenchrevers‘strange, uncoth, crosse’source
  3. Middle Englishreverssource
  4. Englishreverse‘opposite’
  5. Englishformed in English from reversereversion‘going back to an earlier state’ · 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 + -ion.

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

Source words

  • reversus Latin · source word “turned back”

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