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Meaning reverse meaning

What does reverse mean?
Definitions in simple English

reverse Verb

— If you reverse something, you make it act or move opposite to before (in the other direction). The new president reversed the decision to expand the factory. There were many new jobs in the early 90s, but then the cycle was completely reversed, and thousands of people were out of work. She reversed the car into the parking space. When my mom got sick, our roles were reversed and I began to care for her. Now reverse your position by raising your right hand and lowering your left.

reverse Noun

— The reverse of something is its opposite. Female professors are often married to male professors, but the reverse is not as common. — In a machine, reverse is a setting that makes it act or move opposite to before. As the plane landed, the engines went into reverse, helping us to stop. When the Chinese started selling cars, the Japanese automobile industry went into rapid reverse. — The reverse of something is it's other side. Details can be found on the reverse of this paper.

reverse

— verb (= turn) change to the contrary The trend was reversed the tides turned against him public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern — verb (= turn back) turn inside out or upside down — verb (= overrule) rule against The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill — noun a relation of direct opposition we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true — noun the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed — adjective (= rearward) directed or moving toward the rear a rearward glance a rearward movement — adjective of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle in reverse gear — noun the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design — noun an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating — noun (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction — noun (= reversion) turning in the opposite direction — verb (= invert) reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb — adjective reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect — verb (= revoke, lift, vacate) cancel officially He revoked the ban on smoking lift an embargo vacate a death sentence

Synonyms reverse synonyms

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reverse English » English

opposite back contrary inverse invert overturn retreat rescind annul reversal inversion turn over revoke converse upset turn inside out turn around setback overthrow other side misfortune go backwards turn upside down turn round turn back repeal rear countermand cancel turn reverse gear return quash overrule change adversity vacate undo turnaround transpose reversion reversed rearward rear side move backwards backwards backward back up abrogate wrong

Topics reverse topics

What do people use reverse to talk about?
States Location Direction

Backward
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Repent
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move back
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Turn
States

Parts of things

Conjugation reverse conjugation

How do you conjugate reverse?

reverse · verb

Examples reverse examples

How do I use reverse in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You need to reverse your vest, it's back to front.
He did the reverse of what I asked.
Please say the alphabet in reverse.
Many people suffer from reverse culture shock when returning to their home country after spending a long time abroad.
In reverse order tonight.
My husband and I, we have drifted apart, and now we don't know how to reverse the process.
An epicanthal fold, as is found among many peoples of East Asia, can be surgically removed. The reverse procedure is not possible.
I think the reverse would be more appropriate.
The facts are just the reverse of what Tom told you.
Do you think the judge will reverse his decision when he hears the new evidence?
Tom started the car and put it in reverse.
The benefit of being intelligent is that you can pretend to be a fool, but the reverse is not possible.
The reverse seems true.

Movie subtitles

A snapmare. parried by a reverse bridge!
No, quite the reverse.
Just reverse it.
Reverse?
Reverse.
Boy, if that wasn't the neatest fake reverse I ever saw.
Reverse the charges.
Reverse the judges' decision?
A reverse and spinner behind scrimmage.
Oh, I shouldn't wonder when you okay reverse charges on personal long distance calls.
Reverse!
You make two points like this, and then, in the second row, you reverse it.
We must reverse our stand on the Cortlandt case.
Get me Maine 4-9970 and reverse the charges.
On the reverse side of this miniature is a diamond.
Reverse the operation. Take some from Mr. Hardy and give it to Mr. laurel!
Now reverse.
Oh, Johnny. Do you mind if I reverse the charges?
She's lost her mind temporarily, but I'm fixing that. Listen, Banjo, did you reverse the charges?
For a telephone booth to put in a reverse call to my daddy.
Reverse the slide.
In other words, all the figures of name number four are written backwards and read from right to left until we reverse the slide when they read correctly from left to right.
But, um, why would Dr. Tobel want to reverse the figures of number four?
I've got him. A snapmare. parried by a reverse bridge!
The same things that you did when you sent us up there, but in the reverse.
I'll do it in reverse.
Hm? Do you remember saying that films were the reverse of real life? Hm-hmm.
Although I shouldn't wonder when you okay reverse charges on personal long-distance calls.
And operator, reverse the charges, please.
It's just the reverse.
My reverse doesn't work.
Well, do you remember whether you left it in gear? In reverse maybe?
If someone will be good enough to shift in reverse for me.
But if I were to remove this cotter pin and uncouple this shifting rod, a very simple operation, as you can see, then no matter what you do with the shift lever, the bell crank remains as it was, in drive, neutral or reverse, wherever it may happen to be.
It was in reverse.

News and current affairs

Surveys promoted by the BBC tend to show the reverse.
What will reverse it?
The problem is not only that foreign capital flows can easily reverse direction, but also that they produce the wrong kind of growth, based on overvalued currencies and investments in non-traded goods and services, such as housing and construction.
Now that capital markets are no longer willing to finance these deficits, prices should be going into reverse, but this, obviously, is not happening.
But the reverse is also true: a deep-rooted sense of democracy--precisely what globalization lacks--seems necessary to support economic efforts.
The right policies - stronger social safety nets, progressive taxation, and better regulation (especially of the financial sector), to name a few - can reverse these devastating trends.
To reverse America's decline, Obama needs bipartisan support for his (quite mainstream) policies, but so far the US Congress has shown no stomach for a principled approach to its legislative duties.
First, America cannot run enormous (and growing!) current-account deficits forever: at some point the desire of foreign investors to hold ever-increasing shares of their wealth in America must wane and then reverse.
In principle, greater use of market mechanisms to allocate health care can slow or even temporarily reverse the rise in healthcare costs.
Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether healthcare pressures will ultimately cause the current trend towards free (and freer) market capitalism to reverse, with a very large chunk of the economy reverting to a more socialist system.
Otherwise, simmering trade frictions could suddenly throw globalization sharply into reverse.
If our leaders cannot find a new approach, there is every chance that financial globalization will shift quickly into reverse, making it all the more difficult to escape the current morass.
We must reverse the trend and start a movement for the creation of a global open society.
So the question now is what can China do to freeze--and, if possible, to reverse--North Korea's nuclear program.
Putin's lawyers will reverse that decision; the party will have cells or committees in every factory, corporation, military unit, university department, etc.
When we burn wood, we reverse the process, unraveling that order and producing energy.
A well-designed combination of caps to limit tax expenditures and a gradual slowing of growth in outlays for entitlement programs could reverse the rise in the debt and strengthen the US economy.
One hopes that the Iranian government's announcement to its own people reads roughly the same, in reverse, focusing on the important concessions that Iranian negotiators have won.
Indeed, not only do judges' decisions support the system, but the reverse is also true: patriarchy has become the driving force of the law.
The US has recognized that only using the credit of the state to the fullest extent possible can reverse the collapse of credit in the private sector.
But piecemeal arrests will not be enough to reverse the drift if a culture of intolerance is allowed to fester.
But, in doing so, it created a reality that is difficult to reverse.
Only openness and accountability can reverse this trend.
In Europe, the reverse is true.
The Chinese authorities are determined to reverse the resulting decline in growth in order to reemploy those who have lost their jobs and to create employment for the millions of young people who join the labor force each year.

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