The recent data has caused a reversal of expectations.
Source: tatoeba (5250619)
Reversal
//ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl//
Synonyms for "reversal" (231 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (69)
cancelcancelingcancellationcassationchangechange of heartchange of mindchange-overchangeablenesscheckcheckmatecomedownconfusionconstructive changecontinuityconversioncountermandcounterorderdefeasancedefeat
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defectiondegenerationdegenerative changedescentdeteriorationdeviationdifferencediscomfiturediscontinuitydisenchantmentdivergencediversificationdiversiondiversitydownectropioneversionfalling backfittingflipflip-flopfoilfrustrationgradual changegrowthimprovementintroversionintussusceptioninvaginationinvalidationinversionlapsemature judgmentmeliorationmitigationmodificationmodulationnaturalizationnullificationoverthrowoverturningpassageprogresspronationqualification
Noun(4 words)
Related words (115)
radical changere creationre-creationre-formationrealignmentrebuffrecallrecantationrecidivationrecidivismreclamationreconversionrecrudescencerecurrenceredesignreductionreformreformationregressregression
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rehabilitationreinstatementrelapseremakingrenegerenewalrepealrepulserescindingrescindmentrescissionreshapingresolutionrestitutionrestorationrestructuringresupinationretractionretrocessionretroflexionretrogradationretrogressionretroversionreturnreturningreverse of fortunereversingrevertingrevivalrevivificationrevocationrevokerevokementrevolutionrevulsionright-aboutright-about-faceroutsecond thoughtssetting asidesevere checkshiftslipping backsudden changesupinationsuspensionswingaroundswitchswitch overswitch-overtergiversatingtergiversationthrowbacktopsy-turvinesstopsy-turvydomtotal changetransformationtransittransitiontransposalturnturnaboutturnaroundturningturning backturning backwardsturning inside outturning intoturning inwardturning overupheavalupsetvacationvacaturvariationvarietyvicissitudeviolent changevoidancevoidingvolte facevolte-facewaiverwaivingwithdrawalworseningwrite offwrite-off
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4 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 8 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀναστροφή noun (an instance of reversing)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обръщане noun (an instance of reversing)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 倒轉 /倒转 noun (an instance of reversing)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 倒轉 /倒转 noun (an instance of reversing)
French
2 entries- inversion noun (an instance of reversing)
- renversement noun (an instance of reversing)
Greek
1 entries- αναστροφή noun (an instance of reversing)
Hungarian
4 entries- csere noun (an instance of reversing)
- forduló noun (an instance of reversing)
- megfordulás noun (an instance of reversing)
- megfordítás noun (an instance of reversing)
Spanish
4 entries- inversión noun (an instance of reversing)
- retorno noun (an instance of reversing)
- retrocesión noun (an instance of reversing)
- reversión noun (an instance of reversing)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Her new statement is a reversal of her previous position.
Source: tatoeba (5266045)
Here is a look at four Supreme Court decisions that a Roe v. Wade reversal could impact.
Source: tatoeba (11148927)
It is, then, only a seeming reversal of the principle of grammar's precedence over vocabulary that after the vocabulary of a planned auxiliary language has been determined all that remains to be said by way of grammar must be completely subordinated to the structural characteristics of the vocabulary.
Source: tatoeba (12381129)
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