REVERSE


Meaning of REVERSE in English

n. 25B6; verb

the car reversed into a lamp post : BACK, drive back/backwards, move back/backwards.

reverse the bottle in the ice bucket : TURN UPSIDE DOWN, turn over, upend, upturn, invert; archaic overset.

I reversed my jacket : TURN INSIDE OUT.

reverse your roles : SWAP (ROUND), change (round), exchange, interchange, switch (round).

the umpire reversed the decision : ALTER, change; overturn, overthrow, disallow, override, overrule, veto, revoke, repeal, rescind, annul, nullify, void, invalidate; Brit. do an about-turn on; formal abrogate.

25B6; adjective in reverse order : BACKWARD(S), reversed, inverted, transposed.

25B6; noun

the reverse is the case : OPPOSITE, contrary, converse, inverse, obverse, antithesis.

successes and reverses. : See reversal sense 4.

the reverse of the page : OTHER SIDE, reverse side, back, underside, wrong side, verso.

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