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English Idioms :: reverse
reverse - See: DOUBLE REVERSE, IN REVERSE.
Traditional English :: reverse
reverse - v.,
adj., & n. --v.
    1 tr. turn the other way round or up or inside out.
    2 tr. change to the opposite character or effect (reversed the decision).
    3 intr. & tr. travel or cause to travel backwards.
    4 tr. make (an engine etc.) work in a contrary direction.
    5 tr. revoke or annul (a decree, act, etc.).
    6 intr. (of a dancer, esp. in a waltz) revolve in the opposite direction.
--adj.
    1 placed or turned in an opposite direction or position.
    2 opposite or contrary in character or order; inverted.
--n.
    1 the opposite or contrary (the reverse is the case; is the reverse of the truth).
    2 the contrary of the usual manner.
    3 an occurrence of misfortune; a disaster, esp. a defeat in battle (suffered a reverse).
    4 reverse gear or motion.
    5 the reverse side of something.
    6 a the side of a coin or medal etc. bearing the secondary design. b this design (cf. OBVERSE).
    7 the verso of a leaf.
    reverse arms hold a rifle with the butt upwards. reverse the charges Brit. make the recipient of a telephone call responsible for payment. reverse gear a gear used to make a vehicle etc. travel backwards. reversing light a white light at the rear of a vehicle operated when the vehicle is in reverse gear. reverse Polish notation see Polish notation. reverse strata Geol. a fault in which the overlying side of a mass of rock is displaced upward in relation to the underlying side.
    reversal n. reversely adv. reverser n. reversible adj. reversibility n. reversibly adv. [ME f. OF revers (n.), reverser (v.), f. L revertere revers- (as RE-, vertere turn)]
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