overturn

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To turn over, capsize or upset.
2. To overthrow or destroy.
3. To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
4. To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
5. To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.

Noun

1. A turning over or upside-down; inversion.
2. The overturning or overthrow of some institution or state of affairs; ruin.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)n/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English overturnen, equivalent to over- + turn. Compare also Middle English overterven (“to overturn”), see terve.