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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However, a lower calculated biological age does not necessarily mean that the aging process itself has been permanently reversed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 16, 2026
Where an action can be reversed with little impact, catching problems afterward may be enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
This week, the 9th Circuit reversed him, finding the Korean companies intentionally reserved immobilizers as an “upsell” for American buyers, making millions of base-models easy to hot-wire with little more than a screwdriver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Within a few weeks, Sheer Health’s team used much of the same information from my appeal to get the denial reversed.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
It was a mundane unraveling that could not be reversed, and therefore offered no opportunities to the storyteller: it belonged in the realm of disorder.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
