English > change by reversal: 1 sense > verb 1, change| Meaning | change to the contrary. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | turn, reverse |
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| Narrower | commutate | reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current |
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| correct, rectify, right | make right or correct |
| desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate | Remove the consecration from a person or an object |
| desynchronize, desynchronise | Cause to become desynchronized |
| falsify | falsify / falsify / falsify / falsify knowingly |
| interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) |
| metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify | change completely the nature or appearance of |
| permute, commute, transpose | change the order or arrangement / arrangement of |
| revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back | Go back to a previous state |
| switch over, switch, exchange | change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence |
| turn the tables, turn the tide | Cause a complete reversal of the circumstances |
| undo | cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
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| Spanish | invertir, revertir, trastocar |
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| Catalan | capgirar, invertir |
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