Meaning of reverse | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The opposite of something.
2. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. To turn and proceed in the opposite direction.
4. The act of going backwards; a reversal.
5. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction
6. Diametrically opposed:antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, antonymic, antonymous, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, diametric, diametrical, opposing, opposite, polar.
7. A piece of misfortune; a setback.
8. To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route
9. a reversal of his previous decision. herroeping, omkeer عَكْس، قَلْب، إنْقِلاب преобръщане inversão zvrat, obrat umgekehrt ændring αναίρεση, μεταστροφήinversión, cambio completo vastupidi pööramine نقض حکم؛ فسخ رای muutos revirementהיפוך परिवर्तन poništenje odluke (suda) megfordítás kebalikan umskipti capovolgimento 逆転 반전 pakeitimas, sukeitimas atcelšana pertentangan ommekeerombytting, omgjøringzwrot, odwrócenie, cofnięcie بدلون ، او ښتنه inversão schimbare totală полное изменение zvrat preob...
10. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
11. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed
12. in the opposite state, position, order etc. Once he worked for me. Now our positions are reversed and I work for him. omgekeerd مُتَعاكِس، مُتَناقِض обратен invertido obrácený umkehrbar omvendt; vendt om αντίστροφοςinvertido vastupidine واژگون؛ برعکس päinvastainen reversé, inverseהפוך उलटा, विपर्यस्त, प्रतिवर्तित u obratnom položaju fordított berbalik, terbalik öfugur invertito 逆になった 거꾸로 한 sukeistas (vietomis) []mainīts (vietām) bertentang omgekeerdomvendt, motsatt odwrócony واژګون invertido ...
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13. Reversed
14. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
15. which is paid for by the person who receives it instead of by the caller. kollekteeroproep doen يَعْكِس التَّكاليف телефонирам за сметка на избрания a pagar no destino / a cobrar hovor na účet volaného unfreier Anruf lade modtageren betale χρεώνω τον καλούμενο σε τηλεφωνική κλήση llamar a cobro revertido helistatava arvel kõnelema پول تلفن را به حساب گیرنده گذاشتن vastapuhelu appeler (appel) à frais virés לְטַלפֵן בְּגוֹבָיינָה preusmjeriti (troškove) „R” beszélgetést folytat ongkos dibayar p...
16. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
17. Turned backward in position, direction, or order: the reverse side of the poster.
18. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
19. Moving, acting, or organized in a manner contrary to the usual: in reverse order.
20. A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
21. Causing backward movement: a reverse gear.
22. Synonym of transpose.
23. Printing Printed in such a way that the normally colored part appears white against a colored or black background.
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24. The opposite or contrary: All along we thought Sue was older than Bill, but just the reverse was true.

Equivalents

Examples

“Division is the reverse of multiplication.”

“The Sun doesn't orbit the Earth—quite the reverse, in fact.”

“By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich.”

“And the cold truth such sad reverse did seem As to awake in grief from some delightful dream.”

“Simon Forman was notorious in his day, and was a many of many reverses.”

“In fact, though the Russians did not yet know it, the British had met with a reverse.”

“I shifted into reverse and was just about to back up when our silly cat walked behind the car! Honk honk, kitty! Get out of there!”

“but first , master see thee pass thy punto , thy stock , thy reverse , thy guest”

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