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reverse

See also: reversé

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English revers (noun, adjective}, reversen (verb), from Anglo-Norman revers (noun, adjective), reverser (verb), Middle French revers (noun, adjective), reverser (verb), and their source, Latin reversus (perfect passive participle), reversō (verb), from re- + versō. Doublet of revers.

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvɜːs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvɝs/
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  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

AdjectiveEdit

reverse (not comparable)

  1. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction. [from 14th c.]
    We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter.
    The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene.
  2. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]
    He selected reverse gear.
  3. (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
  4. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
  5. (botany) Reversed.
    a reverse shell
  6. (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

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AdverbEdit

reverse (not comparable)

  1. (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down. [from 16thc. (from the 14thc. in Middle English)]
    • 1963, Donal Serrell Thomas, Points of Contact:
      The man was killed to feed his image fat / Within this pictured world that ran reverse, / Where miracles alone were ever plain.

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NounEdit

reverse (plural reverses)

  1. The opposite of something. [from 14th c.]
    We believed the Chinese weren't ready for us. In fact, the reverse was true.
  2. The act of going backwards; a reversal. [from 15th c.]
    • 1808, Charles Lamb, Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare
      By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich.
  3. A piece of misfortune; a setback. [from 16th c.]
    • 1817 December​, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, OCLC 1000449192, page 192:
      And the cold truth such sad reverse did seem
      As to awake in grief from some delightful dream.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 156:
      Simon Forman was notorious in his day, and was a many of many reverses.
    • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 309:
      In fact, though the Russians did not yet know it, the British had met with a reverse.
  4. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse. [from 17th c.]
  5. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side. [from 18th c.]
  6. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. [from 19th c.]
    Synonym: reverse gear
  7. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
  8. (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

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VerbEdit

reverse (third-person singular simple present reverses, present participle reversing, simple past and past participle reversed)

  1. (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
    to reverse the order of books on a shelf
    to reverse a portion of video footage
  2. (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
    • 1672, William Temple, Essay on the Original and Nature of Government
      A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill.
  3. (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
  4. (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
    All trends reverse eventually.
  5. (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
      Bene they all dead, and laide in dolefull herse? / Or doen they onely sleepe, and shall againe reuerse?
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
  7. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
  8. (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
    to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree
    • 2020 April 8, “Network News: Emergency timetables and the number of services cut”, in Rail, page 15:
      From March 30, LNER was running around 40% of its trains and had suspended its Aberdeen, Inverness and Hull services, although it reversed the latter decision after Hull Trains suspended operations.
  9. (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
  10. (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
  11. (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position
  12. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position
  13. To overthrow; to subvert.
  14. (computing) Short for reverse-engineer.
    • 2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering
      Reversing is also heavily used in connection with malicious software, on both ends of the fence: […]
    • 2012, Christopher C. Elisan, Malware, Rootkits & Botnets: A Beginner's Guide (page 117)
      […] but in some instances where malware is proving to be difficult, reversing is needed.

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VerbEdit

reverse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reverser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of reverser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of reverser
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of reverser
  5. second-person singular imperative of reverser

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ParticipleEdit

reverse

  1. vocative masculine singular of reversus

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RomanianEdit

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VerbEdit

reverse

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of revărsa
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of revărsa

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VerbEdit

reverse

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reversar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reversar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of reversar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reversar.
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