Sekirov Dictionary

reverse

UK /ɹɪˈvɜːs/US /ɹɪˈvɝs/

verb 15
noun 9
adjective 6
adverb 1
forms 6
phrases 2

verb15

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To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- to reverse the order of books on a shelf
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to turn something into its complete opposite
- All trends reverse eventually.
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To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- From March 30, LNER was running around 40% of its trains and had suspended its Aberdeen, Inverness and Hull services, although it reversed the latter decision after Hull Trains suspended operations. — 2020
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To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- Passengers said the train had to reverse from Hsinshih (新市) in Tainan County to Liuchiao (六腳) in Chiayi County before moving forward again. — 2007
To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
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To turn something inside out or upside down.
- A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill. — 1672
To transpose the positions of two things.
To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
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Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- Reversing is also heavily used in connection with malicious software, on both ends of the fence: […] — 2011
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To overthrow; to subvert.
- These can divide, and these reverse, the state. — 1699
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(no longer used) To return, come back.
- Bene they all dead, and laide in dolefull herse? / Or doen they onely sleepe, and shall againe reuerse? — 1590
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(no longer used) To cause to return; to recall.
- And to his fresh remembrance did reverse / The ugly view of his deformd crimes. — 1590
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(no longer used) To turn away; to cause to depart.
- And that old dame said many an idle verse, / Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse. — 1590

noun9

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The opposite of something.
- Division is the reverse of multiplication.
- The Sun doesn't orbit the Earth—quite the reverse, in fact.
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The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
- I shifted into reverse and was just about to back up when our silly cat walked behind the car! Honk honk, kitty! Get out of there!
The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
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A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- And the cold truth such sad reverse did seem As to awake in grief from some delightful dream. — 1817
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The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich. — 1808
Synonym of transpose.
A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

adjective6

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Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter.
- The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene.
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Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- He selected reverse gear.
Reversed.
Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

adverb1

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(no longer used) In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.
- The man was killed to feed his image fat / Within this pictured world that ran reverse, / Where miracles alone were ever plain. — 1963

forms

revers'd · reversed · reversing · reverses · reverseth · reversest

Phrases with reverse

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