adj
Meaning 1
Able to be reversed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reversible
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adj
Meaning 2
Able to be worn inside out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Capable of proceeding in either direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Capable of returning to the original state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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adj
Meaning 5
Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, thermodynamics
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 6
Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 7
A garment that can be worn inside out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective
Meaning 8
capable of reversing or being reversed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- reversible hypertension
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: irreversible
adjective
Meaning 9
capable of being reversed or used with either side out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a reversible jacket
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: two-sided
Antonyms: nonreversible
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
capable of assuming or producing either of two states
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a reversible chemical reaction
- a reversible cell
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
capable of being reversed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a reversible decision is one that can be appealed or vacated
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
a garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: garment
History
Etymology
Probably from Middle French, equivalent to reverse + -ible.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: обратим (obratim) — able to be reversed
- Catalan: reversible — able to be reversed
- Czech: vratný — able to be reversed
- Dutch: omkeerbaar — able to be reversed
- Finnish: kääntyvä — able to be reversed
- Finnish: käännettävä — able to be reversed
- French: réversible — able to be reversed
- Georgian: შექცევადი (šekcevadi) — able to be reversed
- Georgian: შექცევითი (šekceviti) — able to be reversed
- Georgian: უკუქცევადი (uḳukcevadi) — able to be reversed
- German: reversibel — able to be reversed
- Greek: αναιρέσιμος (anairésimos) — able to be reversed
- Greek: αναστρέψιμος (anastrépsimos) — able to be reversed
- Norwegian Bokmål: reverserbar — able to be reversed
- Norwegian Bokmål: reversibel — able to be reversed
- Norwegian Bokmål: vendbar — able to be reversed
- Norwegian Nynorsk: reverserbar — able to be reversed
- Norwegian Nynorsk: reversibel — able to be reversed
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vendbar — able to be reversed
- Polish: odwracalny — able to be reversed
- Romanian: reversibil — able to be reversed
- Spanish: reversible — able to be reversed
- Welsh: cildroadwy — able to be reversed
- Welsh: dwyffordd — able to be reversed
- Bulgarian: с две лица (s dve lica) — clothing that can be worn inside out
- French: réversible — clothing that can be worn inside out
- German: wendbar — clothing that can be worn inside out
- German: doppelseitig — clothing that can be worn inside out
- Norwegian Bokmål: vendbar — clothing that can be worn inside out
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vendbar — clothing that can be worn inside out
- Polish: odwołalny — clothing that can be worn inside out
- Swedish: vändbar — clothing that can be worn inside out
- Turkish: tersinir — capable of proceeding in either direction
- Welsh: dwyffordd — capable of proceeding in either direction