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reverse
Verb
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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
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The reverse of something is its opposite.
Female professors are often married to male professors, but the reverse is not as common.
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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.
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The reverse of something is it's other side.
Details can be found on the reverse of this paper.
trace
Noun
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A trace of something is a very small amount, almost too small to find.
We've found traces of an earlier painting underneath this one.
No trace of the original material remains.
The last trace of cloud had disappeared from the sky.
He said it without a trace of sadness.
The fact that each coin has different trace elements provides clear evidence that they were made at different places.
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A trace is a line on a paper drawn by a machine that shows the ups and downs of something.
The trace shows a very irregular heartbeat.
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A trace is a path that tells you where something came from.
We've got a trace on the call.
The fox was able to follow the trace the rabbit left on the ground.
trace
Verb
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If you trace something, you follow information to find where it came from or where it went.
Also, both the church and the farm can trace their origins back to the 1500s.
The police soon traced the couple's movements and found they had made a number of telephone calls to Paris.
The disease has been traced back to some bad eggs.
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If you trace a line, you draw it.
He traced a line in the sand.
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If you trace a picture or a shape, you draw it by putting a piece of paper over it and drawing what you see underneath.
She traced the Chinese characters carefully, the way you do before you learn to read.