I.
noun
1 opposite
ADJECTIVE
▪ exact
VERB + REVERSE
▪ do
▪
If you tell children to do something, they will often do the exact ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~ (= on the opposite side)
▪
The coin has a date on one side and the emperor's head on the ~.
2 gear
VERB + REVERSE
▪ put sth in , put sth into , throw sth into
▪
I put the car in ~.
REVERSE + NOUN
▪ gear
3 failure/defeat
ADJECTIVE
▪ major , serious
VERB + REVERSE
▪ have , suffer
▪
Their forces have suffered serious ~s in recent months.
II.
verb
1 change sth to the opposite
ADVERB
▪ dramatically
▪ completely , exactly , totally
▪
The decline in this industry has now been completely ~d.
▪ almost
▪ partially
▪ simply
▪
To solve the puzzle, simply ~ the order of the numbers.
▪ quickly , rapidly
▪ suddenly
VERB + REVERSE
▪ seek to , try to
▪ fail to
2 move back
ADVERB
▪ slowly
▪
She slowly ~d up the narrow driveway.
▪
She slowly ~d the van up the narrow driveway. ( BrE )
▪ in , out
PREPOSITION
▪ into
▪
The car ~d into a hedge.
▪ out of
▪
He ~d slowly out of the garage.
▪
He ~d the car slowly out of the garage. ( BrE )
Reverse is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ car , ↑ conviction , ↑ course , ↑ decay , ↑ decision , ↑ decline , ↑ defeat , ↑ direction , ↑ effect , ↑ fortune , ↑ gain , ↑ judgement , ↑ motion , ↑ movement , ↑ policy , ↑ process , ↑ role , ↑ ruling , ↑ situation , ↑ slide , ↑ tide , ↑ trend , ↑ verdict
III.
adj.
Reverse is used with these nouns: ↑ auction , ↑ direction , ↑ discrimination , ↑ engineering , ↑ gear , ↑ mortgage , ↑ order , ↑ side