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# revers

«revers» in Mova's school dictionary: **A revers: the part of a coat or jacket collar or cuff…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a revers, plural revers — rare fashion word); often a typo or fragment of «reverse»

### meaning for a pupil

1) A revers: the part of a coat or jacket collar or cuff that is turned back so the inside shows, like a lapel (a fashion and sewing word). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#m1)

2) It is often a misspelling of «reverse» (to go backwards; the opposite; the back side). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

This is a rare dressmaking word that most pupils will not meet. If you see «revers» in a pupil's writing, it probably means «reverse»: to drive backwards, the opposite, or turn something around. Phrases (for reverse): in reverse, reverse the car, reverse order.

### examples

- The jacket had wide revers of black silk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#x1)
- The tailor pressed the revers of the coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#x2)
- Did you mean «reverse»? Count in reverse: 10, 9, 8… [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#x3)
- Put the numbers in reverse order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#x4)
- The coat's revers were sewn with gold thread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#x5)
- Dad put the car in reverse to back out of the drive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#x6)

### note

Pronounced ri-VEER (the «s» is silent, both singular and plural). Most often «revers» in children's work is a spelling mistake for «reverse». The correct everyday word is «reverse».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «revers» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.