📖 R — The English dictionary · page 39

reverse — Everyday, meaning 1: To reverse means to go backwards, especially in a car.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To reverse something means to turn it the other way round or change it to the opposite («reverse the order», «reverse a decision»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The reverse is the opposite («It's the reverse of what I expected»).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Reverse is the gear that makes a car go backwards.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: The reverse of a coin or page is its back side.↗ Example: Dad reversed the car into the parking space.↗ · Never walk behind a car that is reversing.↗ · Say the alphabet in reverse order.↗ · Subtraction reverses addition.↗ · The referee reversed his decision.↗ · Put the car in reverse to go backwards.↗ · Write your name on the reverse of the drawing.↗ · I thought she was angry, but it was the reverse: she was pleased.↗ · "Those that are wet must be mine," thought he; but he thought wrong, it was just the reverse.↗ · In my opinion, the sexagesimal position originated from the decimal position, and not the reverse ; for the earliest abacus, which was doubtless based on a decimal position, is older than the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Yea, since the day was I am He, and there is none that can deliver out of My hand; I will work, and who can reverse it?↗ (Prophets ISA.43.13, JPS 1917)↗ · For thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they have threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.↗ (Prophets AMO.1.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.↗ (Prophets AMO.2.1, JPS 1917)↗

reversed — Everyday, meaning 1: Reversed is the past form of «reverse»: drove backwards, or turned something the other way or to the opposite.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, reversed means turned backwards, upside down or the opposite way round («a reversed letter», «roles reversed»).↗ Example: The van reversed out of the driveway.↗ · My little brother writes some of his letters reversed.↗ · The number 47 reversed is 74.↗ · The decision was reversed after the video replay.↗ · Now the roles were reversed: the pupil taught the teacher.↗ · The mirror shows your face reversed left to right.↗ · She reversed the order of the cards.↗ · When the ice melted, the change was reversed.↗

reversible — Everyday, meaning 1: Able to be changed back to how it was before.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (clothes) Able to be worn either side out: a reversible jacket.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) A reversible change is one where you can get the original materials back, like melting ice or dissolving salt.↗ Example: Melting chocolate is a reversible change, because it can set again.↗ · Burning paper is not reversible.↗ · My coat is reversible: blue on one side and red on the other.↗ · Dissolving salt is reversible — evaporate the water and the salt is left.↗ · The doctor said the damage was reversible with rest.↗ · Is cooking an egg a reversible change?↗ No!↗

revert — Everyday, meaning 1: To go back to an earlier state, habit or way of doing things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (computing) To undo changes and go back to an earlier version of a file or page.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law) For property to go back to its first owner.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (business English) "Revert to you" is sometimes used to mean "reply to you" — this is common in India, but many speakers think it is wrong.↗ Example: After the holiday, I reverted to going to bed late.↗ · The field reverted to wild meadow.↗ · The teacher reverted the document to yesterday's version.↗ · Wikipedia editors reverted the silly changes.↗ · When he is nervous, he reverts to biting his nails.↗ · The land reverted to the original owner.↗

reverting — Everyday, meaning 1: Going back to an earlier state, habit or way of behaving.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) Property going back to its former owner.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (computing) Undoing changes and going back to an earlier version.↗ Example: After the holidays, he kept reverting to his old messy handwriting.↗ · The school is reverting to the old timetable.↗ · The garden is reverting to wild grass.↗ · I'm reverting the document to yesterday's version.↗ · Without practice, she was reverting to bad habits.↗ · The land is reverting to the farmer after the lease ends.↗

review — Everyday, meaning 1: A review is a second look at something to check or remember it; in school, going over a lesson again.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A review is a report saying what someone thinks of a book, film, game or meal.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To review is to look at again, to check, or to write a review.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A review can also be a formal inspection, where soldiers are lined up and checked by an important officer.↗ Example: The teacher gave 10 review questions.↗ · He reviewed 3 chapters each night.↗ · The book got 25 good reviews.↗ · How many pages did she review in a week?↗ · We wrote a book review for English class.↗ · Review your work before you hand it in.↗ · The film got great reviews.↗ · Some online reviews are fake, so read them carefully.↗ · The referee reviewed the video before deciding.↗ · I saw the army being reviewed.↗ · Magazines and periodicals are respectfully requested to serid copies of their reviews of this thesis to the author, P. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · The present thesis appeared in the JEWISH QUATERLY REVIEW new series for April 1912 vol 11, and for April 1913 vol. 111.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

revile — Everyday, meaning 1: To insult someone harshly and angrily, using bitter words.↗ Example: The fox reviled the lion from behind the bars.↗ · The bully reviled the new girl.↗ · Do not revile people who are weaker than you.↗ · Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.↗ (Torah EXO.22.28, JPS 1917)↗ · Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.↗ (Writings PRO.25.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I have given Jacob to condemnation, and Israel to reviling.↗ (Prophets ISA.43.28, JPS 1917)↗

revise — Everyday, meaning 1: To revise (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) means to study again what you have learned, to get ready for a test.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To revise means to change and improve a piece of writing or a plan.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To revise a number or opinion means to change it because of new information.↗ Example: I need to revise for my spelling test.↗ · Revise your story to make the ending stronger.↗ · She revised her times tables every night.↗ · The scientists revised their idea after the new experiment.↗ · We revised our plan because of the rain.↗ · Make revision cards to help you revise.↗

revised — Everyday, meaning 1: Revised is the past form of revise: studied again, or changed to make better.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, revised describes something that has been changed or updated, like a revised plan or revised edition.↗ Example: I revised hard for the maths test.↗ · Here is my revised story.↗ · The bus company published a revised timetable.↗ · The revised plan includes a picnic.↗ · She handed in the revised version of her poem.↗ · The prices were revised after a week.↗ · The text has been thoroughly revised and corrected by Mr J.↗ · In essence the work was, doubtless, the crystallization of centuries of tradition by one writer, and it has been added to from time to time, by later authors, who have also revised it.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

revising — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) Revising means studying again what you have learned before, to get ready for a test or exam.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Revising also means changing and improving a piece of writing, a plan or an idea.↗ Example: I am revising for my maths test.↗ · She spent the weekend revising her times tables.↗ · Revise your story to make it more exciting.↗ · We are revising fractions this week.↗ · After revising his plan, he started again.↗ · Revising a little every day works better than cramming.↗

revision — Everyday, meaning 1: Revision is going over what you learned before so that you remember it well, often before a test (a word used mostly in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; in the USA people say «review»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A revision is a change made to improve a piece of writing or a plan: a revision of my story.↗ Example: First, a little revision of what we learned before: Adding within 20.↗ · Today's lesson: Revision: which operation?↗ · In revision, read each problem and choose the operation.↗ · We did some revision before the spelling test.↗ · Revision helps you remember your times tables.↗ · My story needs a few revisions before I hand it in.↗ · The teacher gave us a revision sheet for the holidays.↗

revisit — Everyday, meaning 1: To go back to a place you have been to before.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To look at or think about a subject again, often to change or improve it.↗ Example: We revisited the beach where we played as babies.↗ · Let's revisit fractions before the test.↗ · Mole revisited his old home on a winter night.↗ · She revisited her story and made the ending better.↗ · The team will revisit the plan next week.↗ · Every summer we revisit Grandma's farm.↗ · He therefore refused the boon, and earnestly entreated the gods to permit him to revisit his home.↗

revival — Everyday, meaning 1: Coming back to life, health, strength or popularity.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A new performance of an old play or show.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) A time when many people turn to faith with new energy; also a lively religious meeting.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Bringing someone back to consciousness.↗ Example: There has been a revival of interest in board games.↗ · The town enjoyed a revival after the new shops opened.↗ · The theatre put on a revival of an old musical.↗ · The church held a revival meeting with lots of singing.↗ · The flowers made a revival after the rain.↗ · Dance crazes from long ago are having a revival.↗ · "What revival did you attend last night?" inquired one.↗

revive — Everyday, meaning 1: To revive someone is to make them conscious or alive again after fainting or nearly dying.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To revive something is to make it strong, popular or active again.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To revive is to feel fresh and full of energy again.↗ Example: The lifeguard revived the swimmer on the beach.↗ · The wilting flowers revived when we put them in water.↗ · A cup of tea will revive you.↗ · The town revived an old festival.↗ · The film revived interest in pirates.↗ · Paramedics worked hard to revive him.↗ · The scene of past sufferings revives painful memories.↗ · And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.↗ (Torah GEN.45.27, JPS 1917)↗ · The humble shall see it, and be glad; ye that seek after God, let your heart revive.↗ (Writings PSA.69.33, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back into him, and he revived.↗ (Prophets 1KI.17.22, JPS 1917)↗ · After two days will He revive us, on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.↗ (Prophets HOS.6.2, JPS 1917)↗

revoke — Everyday, meaning 1: To officially cancel a law, permission, licence or decision.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (cards) To fail to follow suit when you could, breaking a rule.↗ Example: The judge revoked his driving licence.↗ · The school revoked our right to play football at lunch for a week.↗ · The country revoked the old law.↗ · Her visa was revoked when she broke the rules.↗ · The king revoked his order and freed the prisoner.↗ · You can revoke an app's permission to use your camera.↗ · This opinion, however, he afterwards revoked.↗ (See Dr. Graetz's "History of the Jews," Vol. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

revolt — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) A fight or protest by many people against their rulers or the people in charge.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To refuse to obey and rise up against the people in power.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To revolt someone is to make them feel disgusted or sick.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) Revolting (adjective) means really disgusting.↗ Example: Long ago, thousands of English peasants joined a revolt against unfair taxes.↗ · The people revolted against the cruel king.↗ · The sailors revolted and took control of the ship.↗ · The smell of the bins revolted me.↗ · This school dinner is revolting!↗ · The children staged a small revolt when the trip was cancelled.↗ · The horrible donkey-skin which covered her from head to toe revolted her.↗ · Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to revolt so as to break faith with the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.↗ (Torah NUM.31.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.↗ (Prophets 2KI.8.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, unto this day.↗ (Prophets 2KI.8.22, JPS 1917)↗ · But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted, and gone.↗ (Prophets JER.5.23, JPS 1917)↗

revolution — Everyday, meaning 1: When people overthrow a government or ruler, often by force, to change who runs the country.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A very big change in how people live or work: the Industrial Revolution, a revolution in computers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: One complete turn around a centre or point.↗ e.g. The wheel makes 60 revolutions a minute.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (science) The Earth's journey around the Sun, which takes one year.↗ Example: One full revolution is 360 degrees.↗ · A quarter of a revolution is 90°.↗ · The Earth makes one revolution around the Sun each year.↗ · The wheel turns at 50 revolutions per minute; how many in 3 minutes?↗ · The revolution changed how the country was ruled.↗ · The internet started a revolution in how we talk.↗ · The Industrial Revolution brought factories and trains.↗ · Indeed, had the King her son not been deservedly beloved a revolution would certainly have arisen.↗ · The Thirtieth Path is the Collecting Intelligence, and is so called because Astrologers deduce from it the judgment of the Stars, and of the celestial signs, and the perfections of their science, according to the rules of their revolutions.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · The Celestial Dragon, T L I, is placed over the universe like a king upon the throne; the revolution of the year is as a king over his dominion; the heart of man is as a king in warfare.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗