Reverse

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English

Adjective

Reverse (comparative more Reverse, superlative most Reverse)

  1. Having the order of its constituents moved backwards in time or space.
    We ate the meal in reverse order with the dessert first and ending with the starter.
    The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene.
  2. Causing movement in the opposite direction.
    He selected reverse gear.
  3. (rail transport, of points) to be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.

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Derived terms

Adverb

Reverse (comparative more Reverse, superlative most Reverse)

  1. (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII:
      they three smote hym at onys with their spearys, and with fors of themselff they smote Sir Launcelottis horse revers to the erthe.
    • 1963, Donal Serrell Thomas, Points of Contact:
      The man was killed to feed his image fat / Within this pictured world that ran reverse, / Where miracles alone were ever plain.

Noun

Reverse (plural Reverses)
  1. The opposite of front.
  2. The opposite of forward.
  3. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
  4. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.

Verb

Reverse (third-person singular simple present Reverses, present participle reversing, simple past and past participle reversed)

  1. (intransitive) To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
  2. (intransitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
  3. (intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
  4. (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:
      Bene they all dead, and laid in dolefull herse? / Or doen they onely sleepe, and shall againe reuerse?
  5. (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
  6. (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction.
  7. (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
  8. (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position
  9. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position

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Antonyms

Adjectives for Reverse

occasional; ominous; appalling; disastrous; catastrophic.

Verbs for Reverse

allay—; bear—; compare—s; contend with —s; encounter—s; lament—; mitigate—; shoulder—; suffer—; teach—; —annuls; — cancels; —damages; —deposes; —depress¬es; —dissolves; —overrides; —saddles.

Adverbs for Reverse

dramatically; automatically; mechanically; strategically; desperately; strikingly; appreciably.

Thesaurus

Hydromatic, abandon, abolish, about-face, about-turn, abrogate, adversative, adverse, adversity, adversive, afterpart, afterpiece, afterthoughts, alter, annul, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, antipodean, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, antithetic, antithetical, antonym, antonymous, assimilate to, at cross-purposes, atavism, automatic transmission, back, back away, back door, back off, back seat, back side, back track, back trail, back up, backing, backing off, backing out, backing up, backpedal, backset, backslide, backsliding, backtrack, backtrail, backup, backward, backward deviation, backwater, bafflement, balancing, balk, become, behind, better thoughts, breech, bring to, cancel, capsize, catastrophe, change, change into, change of mind, change over, check, checkmate, clashing, cogwheel, comedown, compensating, conflicting, confronting, confusion, contra, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted, converse, convert, counter, counterbalance, counterbalancing, countercheck, countermand, countermarch, counterorder, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpoised, counterpole, counterterm, countervailing, dead against, debacle, defeat, descent, differential, differential gear, difficulty, disaffirm, disannul, disappointment, disaster, discomfiture, discordant, discrepant, disenchantment, dismantle, do away with, do over, down, evert, exchange, eyeball to eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball, facing, falling back, flip, flip side, flip-flop, foil, freewheel, frustration, gear, gear train, gearbox, gearing, gearshift, gearwheel, go astern, go into reverse, heads, heel, high, hind end, hind part, hindhead, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, interchange, intermediate, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, invalidate, inverse, invert, inverted, lapse, lapse back, lift, low, make, make over, make sternway, make void, mature judgment, mirror, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, modify, naturalize, negate, neutral, nullify, obverse, occiput, offset, opposed, opposing, opposite, opposite number, opposite side, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, other face, other side, overdrive, override, overrule, overthrow, overturn, perverse, polar, polaric, polarized, posterior, postern, problem, pronate, quash, rack, rear, rear end, rearward, rebuff, recall, recant, recidivate, recidivation, recidivism, reclamation, reconversion, reconvert, recrudescence, recurrence, reduce to, regress, regression, rehabilitation, reinstatement, relapse, render, renege, renewal, renounce, repeal, repugnant, repulse, rescind, resolve into, restitution, restoration, resupinate, retract, retrocede, retrocession, retrogradation, retrograde, retrogress, retrogression, retroversion, retrovert, return, returning, reversal, reverse of fortune, reversed, reversing, reversion, revert, reverting, revoke, revolve, revulsion, right-about, right-about-face, rotate, rout, second thoughts, set aside, setback, setoff, severe check, shift, slip back, slipping back, squared off, standard transmission, stern, stick shift, supinate, suspend, swingaround, switch, switch over, synchromesh, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tails, take back, tergiversating, tergiversation, the contrary, the other side, throwback, transfer, transform, transmission, transplace, transpose, trouble, turn, turn about, turn around, turn back, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn into, turn out, turn over, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn topsy-turvy, turn upside down, turnabout, turnaround, underside, undo, upset, upside down, vacate, verso, veto, vicissitude, vis-a-vis, void, volte-face, waive, washout, withdraw, write off, wrong side

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old French revers, from Latin reversus (past participle of revertere)


Translations

Adjective

having the order of its constituents moved backwards
causing movement in the opposite direction
of points: to be in the non-default position
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Noun

opposite of front
opposite of forward
gear
side opposite the obverse
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Verb

to turn something around
to turn something inside out
to transpose the positions of two things
to revoke a law
to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions
chemistry: to change the direction of a reaction
rail transport: to place points in the reverse position
rail transport, of points: to move from the normal position to the reverse position
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Anagrams

French

Verb

Reverse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reverser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of reverser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of reverser
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of reverser
  5. second-person singular imperative of reverser

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʁə.vɛʁs/

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

reverse

  1. vocative masculine singular of reversus
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