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1.nounThe opposite of something."We believed the Chinese weren't ready for us. In fact, the reverse was true."
2.nounThe act of going backwards; a reversal.
3.nounA piece of misfortune; a setback.
4.nounThe tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
5.nounThe side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
6.nounThe gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
7.nounA thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
8.nounA turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
9.verbTo turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence."to reverse a portion of video footage"
10.verbTo turn something inside out or upside down.
11.verbTo transpose the positions of two things.
12.verbTo change totally; to alter to the opposite.
13.verbTo return, come back.
14.verbTo turn away; to cause to depart.
15.verbTo cause to return; to recall.
16.verbTo revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite."to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree"
17.verbTo cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
18.verbTo change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
19.verbTo place a set of points in the reverse position
20.verb(of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position
21.verbTo overthrow; to subvert.
22.adjectiveOpposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction."The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene."
23.adjectivePertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction."He selected reverse gear."
24.adjective(of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
25.adjectiveTurned upside down; greatly disturbed.
26.adjectiveReversed."a reverse shell"
27.adjectiveIn which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
28.adverbIn a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.