🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

उलटना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ulaṭnā

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reverse/rɪˈvɜːs/
adjectivenounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #950 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"आपको बाहर निकलने के लिए कार उलटनी होगी।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To move backward or to change to an opposite position.

    "He had to reverse the car to get out of the tight parking space."
As noun
  1. 1

    The opposite or contrary of something.

    "The reverse of the coin features a different design."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin reversus, the past participle of revertere, meaning 'to turn back'. It entered Middle English via Old French revers in the 14th century, initially denoting the back or opposite side of something before expanding into verbal and adjectival senses relating to inversion.

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