Definitions from Wiktionary (reverse)
▸ adjective: Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
▸ adjective: Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
▸ adjective: (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
▸ adjective: Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
▸ adjective: (botany) Reversed.
▸ adjective: (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
▸ adverb: (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.
▸ noun: The opposite of something.
▸ noun: The act of going backwards; a reversal.
▸ noun: A piece of misfortune; a setback.
▸ noun: (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
▸ noun: The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
▸ noun: The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
▸ noun: A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
▸ noun: (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
▸ noun: (graph theory) Synonym of transpose
▸ verb: (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
▸ verb: (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
▸ verb: (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
▸ verb: (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
▸ verb: (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
▸ verb: (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
▸ verb: (ergative, transport) 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.
▸ verb: (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
▸ verb: (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
▸ verb: (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
▸ verb: (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
▸ verb: To overthrow; to subvert.
▸ verb: (computing) Short for reverse-engineer. [To derive or duplicate the design, technical specifications, manufacturing methods, or functionality of an object by studying an existing product, prototype, etc.]
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▸ adjective: Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
▸ adjective: Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
▸ adjective: (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
▸ adjective: Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
▸ adjective: (botany) Reversed.
▸ adjective: (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
▸ adverb: (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.
▸ noun: The opposite of something.
▸ noun: The act of going backwards; a reversal.
▸ noun: A piece of misfortune; a setback.
▸ noun: (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
▸ noun: The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
▸ noun: The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
▸ noun: A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
▸ noun: (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
▸ noun: (graph theory) Synonym of transpose
▸ verb: (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
▸ verb: (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
▸ verb: (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
▸ verb: (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
▸ verb: (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
▸ verb: (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
▸ verb: (ergative, transport) 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.
▸ verb: (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
▸ verb: (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
▸ verb: (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
▸ verb: (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
▸ verb: To overthrow; to subvert.
▸ verb: (computing) Short for reverse-engineer. [To derive or duplicate the design, technical specifications, manufacturing methods, or functionality of an object by studying an existing product, prototype, etc.]
▸ Also see reverse
Opposite:
Types:
forward,
reverse,
left,
right,
forward and reverse,
forward and left,
forward and right,
reverse and left,
reverse and right,
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