reverse

Plural: reverses

Noun

• a relation of direct opposition
  • "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
• the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
• an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
• the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
• (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
• turning in the opposite direction
• The opposite of something.
• The act of going backwards; a reversal.
• A piece of misfortune; a setback.
• 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.
• The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
• 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.
• Synonym of transpose.

Verb

Verb Forms: reversed, reversing, reverses

• To turn or move in the opposite direction.
• change to the contrary
  • "The trend was reversed"
• turn inside out or upside down
• rule against
• cancel officially
• reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
• To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
• To turn something inside out or upside down.
• To transpose the positions of two things.
• To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
• To return, come back.
• To turn away; to cause to depart.
• To cause to return; to recall.
• To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
• 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.
• To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
• To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
• To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
• To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
• To overthrow; to subvert.
• Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.

Adjective Satellite

• directed or moving toward the rear
• reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

Adjective

• of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
  • "in reverse gear"

Adj

• Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
• Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
• To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
• Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
• Reversed.
• In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

Adv

• In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.

Examples

• a reverse shell
• All trends reverse eventually.
• Division is the reverse of multiplication.
• He had to reverse his strategy after his opponent blocked his best hook.
• He selected reverse gear.
• 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 mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene.
• The Sun doesn't orbit the Earth—quite the reverse, in fact.
• to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree
• to reverse a portion of video footage
• to reverse the order of books on a shelf
• We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter.

Synonyms

annul, black eye, blow, change by reversal, contrary, countermand, inverse, invert, lift, opposite, override, overrule, overthrow, overturn, rearward, repeal, rescind, reversal, reverse gear, reversion, revoke, setback, turn, turn back, turnabout, turnaround, vacate, verso, transpose, upside down

Antonyms

forward, obverse, normal, normalise, normalize, unreverse

Anagrams of reverse