reversible
pronunciation
How to pronounce reversible in British English:
UK [rɪˈvɜ:səbl]
How to pronounce reversible in American English:
US [rɪˈvɜrsəbl]
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- Noun:
- a garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing)
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- Adjective:
- capable of reversing or being reversed
- capable of being reversed or used with either side out
- capable of being reversed
- capable of assuming or producing either of two states
Word Origin
- reversible (adj.)
- 1640s, from reverse (v.) + -ible. As a noun, of garments, from 1863. Related: Reversable (1580s).
Example
- 1. Air-capture schemes revolve round a process of reversible absorption .
- 2. I want two meters of reversible khaki .
- 3. Predictions and explanations are not reversible .
- 4. In this sense predictions and explanations are symmetrical and reversible .
- 5. Hence we have a gradual structural shift , not a temporary reversible move .