change by reversal
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Definition
Verb: * To cause something to become the opposite of what it was; to turn something into its contrary state or direction.
Usage
This verb describes the action of flipping, inverting, or undoing a condition, direction, trend, or decision. It is often used in formal or analytical contexts to discuss shifts in abstract concepts like opinion, policy, fortune, or momentum. * The court's ruling changed by reversal the previous legal precedent. * A single scientific discovery can change by reversal our understanding of a fundamental principle. * The manager changed by reversal his decision after hearing the team's feedback.
Advanced Usage
- In Legal Contexts: Often used to describe a higher court overturning the judgment of a lower court.
- The appellate court changed by reversal the lower court's verdict, granting the defendant a new trial.
- In Scientific/Technical Contexts: Can describe inverting a process, a magnetic field, or a data sequence.
- The experiment required the physicist to change by reversal the polarity of the electromagnet.
Variants and Related Words
- Reverse (verb): The more common and direct synonym.
- Invert (verb): To turn upside down or inside out; often used for physical or logical order.
- Overturn (verb): To officially abolish or invalidate a rule, system, or legal decision.
- Reversal (noun): The act or instance of changing by reversal; the state of being reversed.
Synonyms
- Reverse
- Turn
- Overturn
- Invert
- Undo
Related Phrases
- Turn the tide: To cause a complete change in the situation, especially from bad to good or vice versa.
- The new evidence turned the tide in the investigation.
- Do an about-face: To make a complete reversal in opinion or policy.
- The company did an about-face on its remote work policy.
Verb
- change to the contrary
- The trend was reversed
- the tides turned against him
- public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern