Meaning & use

reversed

adjective·Academic

Turned so as to face, move, or operate in the opposite direction or order.

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The recording plays the reversed audio backward at the very end of the track.

The appeals court reversed the lower court's decision and ordered a new trial.

A note on using this word

In legal writing, a reversed ruling means a higher court has overturned a lower court's decision entirely.

Words with a similar meaning

invertedoverturned

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