reverse meaning

• Verb: reverse  ri'vurs
  1. Change to the contrary
     "The trend was reversed"
     - change by reversal, turn 
  2. Turn inside out or upside down
     - turn back, invert 
  3. Rule against
     - overrule, overturn, override, overthrow 
  4. Cancel officially
     - revoke, annul, lift, countermand, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate 
  5. Reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
     - invert
  Noun: reverse  ri'vurs
  1. A relation of direct opposition
     "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
     - contrary, opposite 
  2. The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
     - reverse gear 
  3. An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
     - reversal, setback, blow, black eye 
  4. The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
     - verso 
  5. (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction 
  6. Turning in the opposite direction
     - reversion, reversal, turnabout [N. Amer], turnaround
  Adjective: reverse  ri'vurs
  1. Directed or moving toward the rear
     - rearward 
  2. Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
     "in reverse gear" 
  3. Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
     - inverse

  Derived forms: reversing, reverses, reversed

  See also: backward, reversal, reversible

  Type of: alter, cancel, change, change of direction, decree, gear, gear mechanism, happening, modify, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, oppositeness, opposition, reorder, reorientation, rule, run, running, running game, running play, side, strike down

  Antonym: forward, obverse

  Part of: auto, automobile, car, coin, machine, motorcar

  Encyclopedia: Reverse Reverse, Then Forward Again

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  [Architecture]
  

  A template that has the reverse profile of a molding it is intended to match.

• 
  [Business]
  AmE / verb, noun, adjective

  ■ verb [+ obj]

  1

  to change sth to the opposite of what it was before:

  to reverse a procedure/process/trend

  The company is battling to reverse the decline in sales.

  Its shares fell 6.9% but later reversed course to trade up 2.6%

  2 (Law )

  to change a previous decision, law, etc. to the opposite of what it was:

  The Court of Appeal reversed the decision.

  to reverse a judgement

  SYN REVOKE

  3 reverse the charges (BrE)

  to make a telephone call that will be paid for by the person you are calling, not by you:

  I want to reverse the charges, please.

  NOTE In American English, people make a collect call or call sb collect.

  ■ noun

  1 [C]

  a change, especially a change from success to failure:

  Property values have suffered another reverse.

  This month's index shows a reverse of the steep decline in consumer confidence.

  2 the reverse [sing.]

  the opposite of sth that has been mentioned:

  We seem to be consuming more, but in fact the reverse is true.

  Sales will not rise next year. Rather the reverse.

  IDIOMS

  go/shift into reverse; put/send sth into reverse

  to start to happen or to make sth happen in the opposite way:

  After the announcement, the shares went into reverse.

  This could send the company's profits into reverse.

  ■ adjective [only before noun]

  opposite to what has been mentioned:

  The policy had the reverse effect to what was intended.

  She answered the questions in reverse order

  (= the last question first).

• 
  [Electronics]
  1. To alter the direction of a current or process or motion of an object so that the new direction is exactly opposite the previous direction.
  2. In a directional wattmeter, the reflected-power indication or switch position.
  

[Medicine]
vt re·versed; re·vers·ing : to change drastically or completely the course or effect of: as
a : to initiate recovery from ‹reverse a disease›
b : to make of no effect or as if not done ‹reverse a surgical procedure›

• in reverse:    [American slang]ad ...
• reverse, reversal | reverse | reversal | reversal reverse |:    [Law]REVERSE, REVE ...
• auto-reverse:     /ö-tō-ri-vûrsˈ/ & ...

Examples

1. in the reversed version it is (n/n-k).
2. telophase is roughly the reverse of prophase.
3. exocytosis is the reverse of endocytosis.
4. i twisted my head round to reverse the car.
5. she wanted to reverse the tide of socialism.