reverse
re
ri
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verse
ˈvɜrs
vērs
/ÉšÉĒvˈɜːs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "reverse"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϰāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ

a gear in a vehicle's transmission system used to make it move backward
reverse definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He struggled to find reverse while trying to parallel park.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ

a relation or condition where two things are in direct opposition or contrast to each other
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The reverse of success is failure, a familiar concept in the business world.
āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻšāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ• āϜāĻ—āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž

a trick play in American football in which the ball is handed off to a player who runs in the opposite direction from the original runner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The receiver ran a reverse and gained 20 yards before being tackled.
āϰāĻŋāϏāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ 20 āĻ—āϜ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ, āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹

a complete change, resulting in a situation that is opposite to the previous one
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the announcement, the company 's stock prices took a sudden reverse.
āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻ• āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ, āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•

the back side of a coin, typically showing a design or image

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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She flipped the coin and stared at the reverse, waiting for her answer.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāϟāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāϟāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž

a problem or failure that prevents someone or something from achieving further success
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sudden illness was a reverse that delayed his career advancements.
āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝ⧟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ—āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•

the other side or face of an object, especially when it contrasts with the one being viewed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He turned the paper over to read the reverse.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāϟāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‡ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to cause or maneuver a vehicle to move backward
Transitive: to reverse a vehicle
to reverse definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The worker had to reverse the conveyor belt to clear a jam in the production line.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§āϝāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āύāϭ⧇āϝāĻŧāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻ˛ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to change something such as a process, situation, etc. to be the opposite of what it was before
Transitive: to reverse a process of decision
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The software update had unintended consequences, forcing the company to reverse the changes.
āϏāĻĢāϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āφāĻĒāĻĄā§‡āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋

to turn something the other way round, up, or inside out
Transitive: to reverse sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She decided to reverse the pillow to its cooler side for a more comfortable night's sleep.
āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϘ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻļāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to alter a previous decision, judgment, etc. to the contrary one
Transitive: to reverse a verdict
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The regulatory body, acknowledging an oversight, opted to reverse the financial penalty.
āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϜāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to switch the roles, positions, or functions of two people or things
Transitive: to reverse roles or arrangements
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher and student reversed positions to demonstrate the lesson in a new way.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move in the opposite direction, typically backward
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She reversed carefully to avoid hitting the parked car.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create a design or text effect by rendering it in white or a lighter color against a solid or darker background
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The logo was reversed on the brochure cover to make it stand out.
āĻŦā§āϰ⧋āĻļāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇ āϞ⧋āĻ—ā§‹āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ, āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹

moving or facing in the opposite direction, often toward the back
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The reverse direction of the wind pushed the sailboat backward.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāϞāϤ⧋āϞāĻž āύ⧌āĻ•āĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϠ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ, āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹

having the function of altering a current state or direction to its opposite
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The reverse reaction of the drug led to increased symptoms instead of relief.
āĻ“āώ⧁āϧ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āωāĻĒāĻļāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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