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[ UK /ɹɪvˈɜːs/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈvɝs, ɹɪˈvɝs/ ]

NOUN

the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
turning in the opposite direction
a relation of direct opposition
we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true
(American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

VERB

cancel officially
lift an embargo
vacate a death sentence
He revoked the ban on smoking
reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb
change to the contrary
the tides turned against him
The trend was reversed
public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern
rule against
The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill
turn inside out or upside down

ADJECTIVE

of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
in reverse gear
reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
directed or moving toward the rear
a rearward glance
a rearward movement

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How To Use reverse In A Sentence

Would reverse flow undergravel filtration be better?
You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.
An Ohio appellate court last week reversed a lower court ruling that the city's pernicious treatment of marijuana users was unconstitutional under state law.
This reverse ekphrasis, with its glimpsed, illegible text, hints at the hidden world of the silent reader. The Times Literary Supplement
If we want to avert a very deep recession it is absolutely vital that these psychological factors are reversed.
Since the path was so narrow that there was no way to reverse, he had no option but to continue moving forward.
The idea was that the content server was responsible for providing a daily reverse-chronologic list of pages that had changed. Scripting News for 4/13/2007 « Scripting News Annex
The image is upside-down and reversed left-to-right.
In the mirror Dog saw a car nose round the end of the pantechnicon, then quickly reverse out of sight. THE ONLY GAME
Both Hyundai and Nissan have reversed their U.S. automotive fortunes but to differing degrees.

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