reverse

reverse
I UK [rɪˈvɜː(r)s] / US [rɪˈvɜrs] verb
Word forms "reverse":
present tense I/you/we/they reverse he/she/it reverses present participle reversing past tense reversed past participle reversed
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1) [transitive] to change the order or development of events, a process, or a situation to be the opposite of what it was

The effects of the disease can only be reversed by a bone-marrow donation.

The stock market reversed course and closed with a modest gain.

a) legal to change a court decision to be the opposite of what it was

The appeals court reversed his conviction and ordered his release.

b) to change your views, policies etc to the opposite ones

The new government set about reversing previous policies.

2) [intransitive/transitive] to go backwards in a vehicle, or to make a vehicle do this

She reversed into the parking space.

3) [transitive] to turn something so that the part that is usually on the outside is on the inside

You can reverse the jacket so that the pattern is on the outside.

4) [transitive] to exchange your activities or status with that of another person

He's always taught me, but now the roles are reversed and I can teach him.

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II UK [rɪˈvɜː(r)s] / US [rɪˈvɜrs] adjective [only before noun] *
opposite to what is usual or to what existed previously

Now arrange the numbers in reverse order.


III UK [rɪˈvɜː(r)s] / US [rɪˈvɜrs] noun *
1) the reverse the opposite of something

The situation is the reverse of what it seems.

Quite the reverse is true.

2) the reverse the back side of a flat object

There's a picture of an eagle on the reverse of the coin.

3) [uncountable] the position in which you put a gear in a vehicle to make it go backwards
put something in reverse:

Put the car in reverse.


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