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# reversed

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

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

## Everyday

1. Reversed is the past form of «reverse»: drove backwards, or turned something the other way or to the opposite. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversed/#m2)

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

## On Mova

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