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Plural of reverse

regular plural

The plural of reverse is reverses.

Forms of reverse

Singularreverse /ɹɪˈvɜːs/
Pluralreverses
Countablecountable

Reverses in a sentence

  • Simon Forman was notorious in his day, and was a many of many reverses.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 156
  • I like how the Kia casually reverses and leaves the chat.2021 April 1, “Float like an idiot, sting like a Kia”, in Reddit, r/IdiotsInCars, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2024. From the entry leave the chat
  • With biphasic defibrillators the electrode potential is reversed in midshock so the current reverses direction (Fig. 3).2015, Kanu Chatterjee, Mark Anderson, Donald Heistad, Manual of Electrophysiology - Page 472. From the entry midshock
  • Jackson with flumazenil, which reverses the effects of benzodiazepines like lorazepam.2009 August 25, Solomon Moore, “Court Papers Show Jackson Died of Propofol”, in New York Times. From the entry flumazenil
  • Jericho reverses as the match kind of drifts along without a purpose.2004, Scott Keith, Wrestling's One Ring Circus, page 114. From the entry piledrive

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 plural of reverse

What is the plural of reverse?
The plural of reverse is reverses.
Is reverse countable?
Reverse is a countable noun.

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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