reverse
adjective
opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character.
reversed
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past participleof reverse.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof reverse.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
reverseadjectiveopposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character.
Example Sentences
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An experimental drug developed at Michigan Medicine has reversed a serious form of fatty liver disease in animal studies by targeting an unexpected source of liver damage: the gut.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
NPH is one of the few causes of dementia that can be controlled or reversed with surgical treatment, usually involving the placement of a shunt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
When Wilson reversed course after the election, Debs did not.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Decades of decline linked to deindustrialisation have been reversed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Altogether in the last 100 million years it has reversed itself about two hundred times, and we don’t have any real idea why.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
