reverse

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Synonyms: reverie, revere, everse, revers, renverse, reversi, reverso

Antonyms: reverie, revere, everse, revers, renverse, reversi, reverso

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Adjective

1. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
   • 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.
2. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
   • He selected reverse gear.
3. To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
4. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
5. Reversed.
   • a reverse shell
6. In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

Adverb

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

Noun

1. The opposite of something.
   • Division is the reverse of multiplication.
   • The Sun doesn't orbit the Earth—quite the reverse, in fact.
2. The act of going backwards; a reversal.
3. A piece of misfortune; a setback.
4. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
5. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
6. 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!
7. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
8. A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
9. Synonym of transpose.

Verb

1. 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
   • to reverse a portion of video footage
2. To turn something inside out or upside down.
3. To transpose the positions of two things.
4. To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
   • All trends reverse eventually.
5. To return, come back.
6. To turn away; to cause to depart.
7. To cause to return; to recall.
8. To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
   • to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree
9. 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.
10. To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
11. To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
12. To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
13. To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
14. To overthrow; to subvert.
15. Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.

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