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   reverse

   /rɪˈvəːs/

   verb

   • 1. move backwards: "the lorry reversed into the back of a bus" Similar backgo back/backwardsdrive back/backwardsmove back/backwardssend back/backwardsback-pedalOpposite go forwards
   • ▪ cause (a vehicle) to move backwards: "she reversed the car into a side turn"
   • ▪ (of an engine) work in a contrary direction: "the ship's engines reversed and cut out altogether"
   • 2. make (something) the opposite of what it was: "the damage done to the ozone layer may be reversed" Similar alterchangecountermandundoset asideupsetoverturnoverthrowrule againstdisallowoverrideoverrulevetorepudiaterevokerepealcancelrescindannulnullifydeclare null and voidvoidinvalidatenegateabrogatequashwithdrawtake backrecantretractback-pedal onbacktrack onrow backdo a U-turn oneat one's wordsdo an about-turn onvacatearchaic:recallOpposite upholdstick to
   • ▪ exchange (the position or function) of two people or things: "the experimenter and the subject reversed roles and the experiment was repeated" Similar swapswap roundchangechange roundexchangeinterchangeswitchswitch roundtradetransposeinvertturn aboutturn aroundOpposite keep to
   • ▪ revoke or annul (a judgement, sentence, or decree made by a lower court or authority): "the court reversed his conviction"
   • 3. turn (something) the other way round or up or inside out: "after completing a row of leaves or flowers I have reversed the pattern" Similar turn upside downturn overupendupturnput bottom upflip overturn topsy-turvyinvertcapsizearchaic:oversetturn inside outtechnical:evertintrovertevaginateinvaginate
   • 4. make (type or a design) appear as white in a block of solid colour or a half-tone: "their press ads had a headline reversed out of the illustration"

   adjective

   • 1. going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated: "the trend appears to be going in the reverse direction" Similar oppositecontraryconversecounterinverseobverseopposingcontrastingantitheticalOpposite same
   • ▪ operating, behaving, or ordered in a way contrary or opposite to that which is usual or expected: "indiscriminate bombing had a reverse effect on popular morale" Similar backwardbackwardsreversedinvertedtransposedfrom bottom to topOpposite forwards
   • ▪ (of a voltage applied to a semiconductor junction) in the direction which does not allow significant current to flow.
   • ▪ denoting a fault in which a relative downward movement occurred in the strata on the underside of the fault plane.

   noun

   • 1. a complete change of direction or action: "the gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis"
   • ▪ reverse gear on a motor vehicle; the position of a gear lever or selector corresponding to this: "a knob to lock the box in four-wheel drive for reverse"
   • ▪ a play in which a player reverses the direction of attack by passing the ball to a teammate moving in the opposite direction: "his touchdown came after he had scampered 58 yards on a reverse with McMahon"
   • 2. the opposite to that previously stated: "he didn't feel homesick—quite the reverse" Similar oppositecontraryconverseinverseobverseantithesisopposite/other extreme
   • 3. an adverse change of fortune; a setback or defeat: "United suffered their heaviest reverse of the season" Similar setbackreversalupsetchecknon-successfailuremisfortunemishapmisadventureaccidentdisastertragedycatastropheblowdisappointmentadversityhardshipafflictionvicissitudedefeatroutill luckbad luckdistresstribulationwoehard timesOpposite success
   • 4. the opposite side or face to the observer: "the address is given on the reverse of this leaflet" Similar other sidereverse sidebackrearundersidewrong sideflip sideB-sideversoOpposite frontrecto
   • ▪ a left-hand page of an open book, or the back of a loose document.
   • ▪ the side of a coin or medal bearing the value or secondary design.
   • ▪ the design or inscription on the reverse of a coin or medal.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French revers, reverse (nouns), reverser (verb), from Latin reversus ‘turned back’, past participle of revertere, from re- ‘back’ + vertere ‘to turn’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. reversely adverb
   • 2. reverser noun

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   What does revertere mean?

   • The Latin word revertere means “turn back.” To reverse means to turn back, take the opposite direction, go the other way. Many things can be reversed: you can reverse a decision, you can reverse a car — by putting it in the gear called "reverse."

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   What does reverse mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! REVERSE definition: 1. to change the direction, order, position, result, etc. of something to its opposite: 2. to…. Learn more.

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   What is reverse verb?

   • Definition of reverse verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [transitive] reverse something to change something completely so that it is the opposite of what it was before Falling birth rates may reverse the trend towards early retirement. The government has failed to reverse the economic decline.

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   What does it mean when a book is reversed?

   • , re·versed, re·vers·ing. The printer accidently reversed two chapters of the book. to turn in the opposite direction; send on the opposite course. to turn inside out or upside down. to change the direction of running of (a mechanism). to cause (a mechanism) to run in a direction opposite to that in which it commonly runs. to reverse a verdict.

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   To reverse means to turn back, take the opposite direction, go the other way. Many things can be reversed: you can reverse a decision, you can reverse a car — by putting it in the gear called "reverse."

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