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# reversed

«reversed» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of «reverse»: drove backwards, or turned…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form of reverse (reverse, reverses, reversed, reversing); adjective (reversed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Reversed is the past form of «reverse»: drove backwards, or turned something the other way or to the opposite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversed/#m1)

2) As an adjective, reversed means turned backwards, upside down or the opposite way round («a reversed letter», «roles reversed»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school a «reversed» letter or number (like writing b for d, or a backwards 3) is common in young children. In maths reversed digits make a new number (32 reversed is 23). In stories «the roles were reversed» means people swapped places. In science a reversed change goes back to how it was. Phrases: «in reversed order», «roles reversed», «reversed the decision».

### examples

- The van reversed out of the driveway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversed/#x1)
- My little brother writes some of his letters reversed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversed/#x2)
- The number 47 reversed is 74. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversed/#x3)
- The decision was reversed after the video replay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversed/#x4)
- Now the roles were reversed: the pupil taught the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversed/#x5)
- The mirror shows your face reversed left to right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversed/#x6)
- She reversed the order of the cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversed/#x7)
- When the ice melted, the change was reversed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversed/#x8)

### note

Regular past: «reversed». A mirror reverses left and right, so writing looks backwards. In maths, reversing the digits of a two-digit number changes its value: the difference between a number and its reverse is always a multiple of 9 (52 − 25 = 27).

### In the corpora

- [Changes of state can be reversed; burning and cooking cannot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/12-melting-freezing-boiling/14/)
- [Dissolving can be reversed: you can get salt back by letting the water evaporate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/18-materials-and-properties/18/)
- [Making a mixture is a change that can be reversed; burning is not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/19-mixtures-and-separating/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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