reverse

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
2. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
3. To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
4. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
5. Reversed.
6. In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

Adv

In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.

Noun

1. The opposite of something.
2. The act of going backwards; a reversal.
3. A piece of misfortune; a setback.
4. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
5. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
6. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
7. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
8. A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

Verb

1. To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
2. To turn something inside out or upside down.
3. To transpose the positions of two things.
4. To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
5. (obsolete) To return, come back.
6. (obsolete) To turn away; to cause to depart.
7. (obsolete) To cause to return; to recall.
8. To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
9. To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
10. To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
11. To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
12. To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
13. To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
14. To overthrow; to subvert.
15. Short for reverse-engineer.

Sinònims

opposite

back

🔙

contrary

inverse

invert

overturn

retreat

annul

rescind

inversion

reversal

converse

turn over

revoke

go backwards

overthrow

turn inside out

upset

other side

misfortune

turn around

setback

cancel

turn back

turn round

rear

countermand

repeal

turn upside down

return

turn

quash

adversity

overrule

change

reverse gear

move backwards

back up

backward

backwards

transpose

turnaround

undo

vacate

rearward

abrogate

rear side

reversed

reversion

recant

wrong

lift

R

R

antagonism

black eye

reverse side

contrast

flipside

verso

upside down

hostility

override

flip

failure

backside

capsize

invalidate

make a reversal

turnabout

exchange

shy away from

obverse

objection

nullify

behind

dissension

inverted

reversing

disannul

change by reversal

blow

confute

retrocede

retrograde

rev

reverse direction

revive

revolt

revolve

rewind

⏪

rotate

rout

seamy

send back

set-back

shuffle

spill

subvert

tails

topple

tough luck

trouble

turned

underside

unluckiness

unsay

upend

upturn

vice versa

void

wave

👋

whammy

whirl

withdraw

withdrawal

wrong side out

back side

both sides

face about

lucklessness

move back

the opposite

turn the tables

one side

half the face

backrun

contrarotation

retral

return movement

vanquishment

turned around

centrary

cause to turn back

rough sledding

back run

reversing gear

switching-over

unfortunateness

back turn

change of leg

twist right around

cancel abolish

back-paddle

stop

🛑

translation

abatement

against the hair

antagonistic

anti

antipodal

antipodean

antithetic

antithetical

astern

averse

back away

backfire

background

backing up

backlash

back out

backspace

backup

bad break

blend

blowback

boomerang

🪃

brake

buns

butt

buttocks

call off

can

commutation

complementary

contrariety

declination

defeat

derriere

disaffirm

disaster

discomfiture

double-dealing

downside

drop-out

fail

flip over

flip side

flutter

forbid

going back

half

haplessness

hardship

infelicity

inside

inside out

inverting

lining

mingle

mishap

mix

move around

negate

negative

obvert

opposed

opposite side

opposition

over

pile

posterior

pour

rearwards

rebound

rebuff

receding

reciprocal

refute

relay

repetition

resend

resistance

retract

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɹɪˈvɜːs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: revers

Heretat de anglès mitjà: reversen

In summary

From Middle English revers, from Anglo-Norman revers, Middle French revers, and their source, Latin reversus, perfect passive participle of reversō, from re- + versō. Doublet of revers.