NOUN | cognition | flip-flop, reversal, change of mind, turnabout, turnaround | a decision to reverse an earlier decision |
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artifact | flip-flop, thong | a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe | |
artifact | flip-flop | an electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states | |
act | flip-flop | a backward somersault | |
VERB | change | flip-flop, interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) |
Meaning | A decision to reverse an earlier decision. | |
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Synonyms | reversal, change of mind, turnabout, turnaround | |
Narrower | reconsideration, second thought, afterthought, rethink | thinking again about a choice previously made |
Broader | decision making, deciding | The cognitive process of reaching a decision |
Verbs | flip-flop | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) |
Meaning | A backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe. | |
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Synonym | thong | |
Broader | sandal | A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot |
Spanish | chancla, chancleta |
Meaning | An electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states. | |
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Broader | circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit | An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
Spanish | circuito basculante, circuito biestable, flip-flop | |
Catalan | flip-flop |
Meaning | A backward somersault. | |
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Broader | somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip | An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return |
Spanish | salto mortal |
Meaning | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) . | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip | |
Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse | change to the contrary |
Spanish | alternar | |
Catalan | alternar, canviar, intercanviar | |
Nouns | flip-flop | a decision to reverse an earlier decision |
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