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Past tense of reverse

regular verb

The past tense of reverse is reversed. The past participle is also reversed.

Forms of reverse

Base form (V1)reverse /ɹɪˈvɜːs/
Past tense (V2)reversed
Past participle (V3)reversed
Present participlereversing
Third person singularreverses

Reversed in a sentence

  • From March 30, LNER was running around 40% of its trains and had suspended its Aberdeen, Inverness and Hull services, although it reversed the latter decision after Hull Trains suspended operations.2020 April 8, “Network News: Emergency timetables and the number of services cut”, in Rail, page 15
  • Richardson shut off steam, reversed her, and brought her to a stand.1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 54
  • (figuratively, by extension) Of a perspective, reversed or inverted.From the entry back to front
  • Do you prefer bent solid linings or kerfings in your guitar? If kerfings, would you like regular or reversed kerfing?From the entry kerfing
  • Depending on the variance of the type constructor, the subtyping relation of the simple types may be either preserved, reversed, or ignored for the respective complex types.From the entry variance

Meaning of reverse

  1. adjective Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
  2. adjective Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
  3. adjective To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.

Full definition of reverse

Questions about the past tense of reverse

What is the past tense of reverse?
The past tense of reverse is reversed.
What is the past participle of reverse?
The past participle of reverse is reversed.
Is reverse a regular or irregular verb?
Reverse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reverse (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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