| query | If something o________ or if you overturn it, it turns upside down or on its side.If something overturns or if you overturn it, it turns upside down or on its side. The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall. Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of sherry. A dozen cartons of books had been overturned and strewn about the floor. ...a battered overturned boat. |
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| word | overturn |
| full-definition | verb If something overturns or if you overturn it, it turns upside down or on its side. The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall. Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of sherry. A dozen cartons of books had been overturned and strewn about the floor. ...a battered overturned boat. If someone in authority overturns a legal decision, they officially decide that that decision is incorrect or not valid . When the Russian parliament overturned his decision, he backed down. His nine-month sentence was overturned by Appeal Court judge Lord Justice Watkins. To overturn a government or system means to remove it or destroy it. He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government. ...a society where all the old values had been overturned. |
| inflections | overturnsoverturningoverturned |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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