reversal
[noun]
Synonyms: about-face, changeabout, inversion, reverse, reversement, reversion, right-about, right-about-face, turn, turnabout, turning, volte-face, setback, backset, check

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Related Words: bouleversement, overturning

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

re‧vers‧al AC /rɪˈvɜːsəl $ -ɜːr-/ noun
[Word Family: noun: reversal, reverse; adjective: reverse, reversible ≠ irreversible; verb: reverse]

1. [uncountable and countable] a change to an opposite arrangement, process, or way of doing something ⇒ turnaround
reversal of/in
a sudden reversal of government policy
dramatic/sudden/complete reversal
a dramatic reversal in population decline
Some Internet firms have suffered a painful reversal of fortune (=they were successful but now they are not).
Some carers and dependants find it difficult to adapt to a role reversal.

2. [countable] a failure or other problem that prevents you from being able to do what you want:
In spite of setbacks and reversals, his business was at last making money.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

reversal
noun
ADJ. complete, total | dramatic, sudden | apparent | policy | role Some people looking after elderly parents have trouble with the role reversal involved.
VERB + REVERSAL amount to, mark, represent This represents an apparent reversal of previous US policy.
bring about, lead to, result in
PREP. ~ in the dramatic reversal in population decline
~ of a reversal of current trends
PHRASES a reversal of fortunes Industrial unrest and cheaper imports played their part in the company's reversal of fortunes.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲