reversal

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səl

Etymology 1

From Middle English reversall; equivalent to reverse +‎ -al.

Noun

reversal (countable and uncountable, plural reversals)

  1. The state of being reversed.
  2. An instance of reversing.
    • 2019 October, Tony Miles, “Chase Line service to be split next May”, in Modern Railways, page 17:
      Running via Aston would require a reversal at New Street and this will be taken into account during the planning and normal industry testing processes.
  3. A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
Usage notes

Reversal of trains often takes place at a terminus, where the driver walks to the cab at the other end of the train; if hauled by a locomotive, that moves to the other end if the train if the train has no driving cab at the other end.

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Etymology 2

From French réversal or Medieval Latin reversālis.[1]

Adjective

reversal (not comparable)

  1. Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
    • 1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], →OCLC:
      For after his death there were reversal letters found among his papers from the Duke of Anjou

References
  1. John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “†reˈversal, a.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

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Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rebeɾˈsal/ [re.β̞eɾˈsal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: re‧ver‧sal

Adjective

reversal m or f (masculine and feminine plural reversales)

  1. used to describe a type of diplomatic note

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