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World English Dictionary

reverse (rɪˈvɜːs)

—vb
1.	to turn or set in an opposite direction, order, or position
2.	to change into something different or contrary; alter completely: reverse one's policy
3.	(also intr) to move or cause to move backwards or in an opposite direction: to reverse a car
4.	to run (machinery, etc) in the opposite direction to normal
5.	to turn inside out
6.	law to revoke or set aside (a judgment, decree, etc); annul
7.	(often foll by out) to print from plates so made that white lettering or design of (a page, text, display, etc) appears on a black or coloured background
8.	military reverse arms to turn one's arms upside down, esp as a token of mourning
9.	reverse the charge, reverse the charges to make a telephone call at the recipient's expense

—n
10.	the opposite or contrary of something
11.	the back or rear side of something
12.	a change to an opposite position, state, or direction
13.	a change for the worse; setback or defeat
14.	a. the mechanism or gears by which machinery, a vehicle, etc, can be made to reverse its direction
	b. (as modifier): reverse gear
15.	Compare obverse the side of a coin bearing a secondary design
16.	a. printed matter in which normally black or coloured areas, esp lettering, appear white, and vice versa
	b. (as modifier): reverse plates
17.	in reverse in an opposite or backward direction
18.	the reverse of emphatically not; not at all: he was the reverse of polite when I called

—*adj*
19.	opposite or contrary in direction, position, order, nature, etc; turned backwards
20.	back to front; inverted
21.	operating or moving in a manner contrary to that which is usual
22.	denoting or relating to a mirror image

[C14: from Old French, from Latin reversus, from revertere to turn back]

re'versely

—*adv*

re'verser

—n

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