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# revers

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

«revers» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#x1)
- The tailor pressed the revers of the coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#x2)
- Did you mean «reverse»? Count in reverse: 10, 9, 8… [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#x3)
- Put the numbers in reverse order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/#x4)
- The coat's revers were sewn with gold thread. [tree →](https://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://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».

## In Jewish tradition

Here it is a fragment of the word "reverse." It refers to a code in which the alphabet is turned backwards.

**Interpretation.** Jewish writers used letter-swapping codes, such as switching the first letter with the last, to find hidden meanings in holy names.

### Examples

- 7:1 Thus for instance, they imagined that the name of Jehovah, יהוי, is by reversing the alphabet; מצפץ (mzpz); mem signifies the letter jod, zaddi, the letter he, and pe, the letter wav. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revers/#x1)

### 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».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «revers» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revers/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«revers» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/revers.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «revers» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/revers/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«revers» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/revers.html) on Mova free.