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- revere/rɪˈvɪə/To feel deep respect, admiration, or awe for someone or something.nounverb-transitiveC1/C2
- revered/rɪˈvɪəd/To be deeply respected, admired, and considered almost sacred or holy.adjectiveverbC1
- reverence/ˈrev(ə)rəns/A feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe, typically towards a deity, sacred object, or person of high status.nounverbverb-transitiveC1
- reverend/ˈrɛv(ə)r(ə)nd/A title or form of address for a member of the Christian clergy, especially a Protestant minister.adjectivenounC1
- reverend mother/ˌrev.ər.ənd ˈmʌð.ər/The title for the superior or leader of a community of nuns in certain Christian traditions, particularly within Catholicism.nounLow
- reverie/ˈrev.ər.i/A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts, a daydream.nounC1
- reveries/ˈrɛv(ə)riːz/A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.nounC1
- revers/rɪˈvɜːs/To change something to the opposite position, direction, order, or condition; to go or make something go backwards.nounB2
- reversal/rɪˈvɜː.səl/A change to an opposite direction, position, decision, or state.nounB2
- reversal film/rɪˈvɜːsəl fɪlm/A photographic film designed to produce a positive image directly when developed, suitable for viewing or projection without requiring a separate printing process.nounC1
- reversal plate/rɪˈvɜː.səl pleɪt/A flat, rigid piece of metal or other material used to support and immobilise a bone, typically following a corrective surgical procedure that has reversed a prior condition (e.g., a fracture malalignment).nounLow (Technical/Specialist)
- reversal process/rɪˈvɜː.səl ˈprəʊ.ses/A series of actions or changes that return something to its original state, direction, or condition, effectively undoing a previous change.nounC1
- reverse/rɪˈvɜːs/to change the direction, order, position, or decision of something to its oppositeadjectivenounverb+2B1
- reverse angle shot/rɪˌvɜːs ˈæŋɡəl ʃɒt/A filmmaking technique where the camera is placed at a 180-degree opposite position to the previous shot, typically used in dialogue scenes to show the other participant's perspective.nounC1/C2
- reverse annuity mortgage/rɪˌvɜːs əˈnjuːɪti ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ/A financial product, also known as a home equity conversion mortgage (HECM), allowing homeowners aged 62+ to convert home equity into cash without monthly mortgage payments; the loan is repaid when the borrower dies, sells, or moves out.nounLow (specialized financial/legal term)
- reverse apartheid/rɪˌvɜːs əˈpɑːtheɪt/A social policy or system aimed at giving preferential treatment to a previously disadvantaged group, often seen as the inverse of historical apartheid.nounC1/C2
- reverse bar/rɪˌvɜːs ˈbɑː/A legal doctrine or clause that prevents a party who has given a warranty from enforcing a contract if the warranty is breached.nounC2
- reverse bevel/rɪˈvɜːs ˈbɛv(ə)l/A bevel (slanted edge) cut or angled in the opposite direction to a conventional, outward-angled bevel; a bevel cut into a surface so it slopes inward.nounLow
- reverse bid/rɪˈvɜːs bɪd/A bid made in response to another bid, often in corporate takeovers or auctions, where the direction or typical roles are reversed.nounC1
- reverse commuter/rɪˌvɜːs kəˈmjuːtə/A person who travels regularly from a city center to a suburb for work, opposite of the traditional commuter pattern.nounLow frequency (C1+ vocabulary), specialized term.
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