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Verb
S:
(v)
switch over (switch_over%2:30:00::)
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switch (switch%2:30:03::)
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exchange (exchange%2:30:01::)
(change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
change by reversal (change_by_reversal%2:30:00::)
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turn (turn%2:30:00::)
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reverse (reverse%2:30:00::)
(change to the contrary)
"The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
S:
(v)
interchange (interchange%2:30:00::)
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tack (tack%2:30:02::)
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switch (switch%2:30:00::)
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alternate (alternate%2:30:02::)
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flip (flip%2:30:00::)
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flip-flop (flip-flop%2:30:00::)
(reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action))
S:
(v)
turn the tables (turn_the_tables%2:30:00::)
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turn the tide (turn_the_tide%2:30:00::)
(cause a complete reversal of the circumstances)
"The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!"
S:
(v)
commutate (commutate%2:30:00::)
(reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current)
S:
(v)
switch over (switch_over%2:30:00::)
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switch (switch%2:30:03::)
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exchange (exchange%2:30:01::)
(change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence)
S:
(v)
correct (correct%2:30:00::)
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rectify (rectify%2:30:02::)
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right (right%2:30:00::)
(make right or correct)
"Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
S:
(v)
falsify (falsify%2:30:00::)
(falsify knowingly)
"She falsified the records"
S:
(v)
permute (permute%2:30:00::)
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commute (commute%2:30:00::)
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transpose (transpose%2:30:00::)
(change the order or arrangement of)
"Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
S:
(v)
metamorphose (metamorphose%2:30:00::)
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transfigure (transfigure%2:30:00::)
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transmogrify (transmogrify%2:30:00::)
(change completely the nature or appearance of)
"In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"
S:
(v)
revert (revert%2:30:00::)
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return (return%2:30:00::)
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retrovert (retrovert%2:30:00::)
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regress (regress%2:30:01::)
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turn back (turn_back%2:30:00::)
(go back to a previous state)
"We reverted to the old rules"
S:
(v)
desynchronize (desynchronize%2:30:00::)
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desynchronise (desynchronise%2:30:00::)
(cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times)
S:
(v)
desecrate (desecrate%2:32:00::)
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unhallow (unhallow%2:32:00::)
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deconsecrate (deconsecrate%2:32:00::)
(remove the consecration from a person or an object)
S:
(v)
undo (undo%2:35:00::)
(cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)
"I wish I could undo my actions"
derivationally related form
sentence frame