Word Finder - reverse

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The opposite of something.

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We believed the Chinese weren't ready for us. In fact, the reverse was true.

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The act of going backwards; a reversal.

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A piece of misfortune; a setback.

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The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.

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The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.

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The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.

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A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

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A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

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To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.

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to reverse a portion of video footage

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To turn something inside out or upside down.

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To transpose the positions of two things.

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To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

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To return, come back.

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To turn away; to cause to depart.

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To cause to return; to recall.

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To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.

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to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree

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To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.

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To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.

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To place a set of points in the reverse position

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(of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position

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To overthrow; to subvert.

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Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.

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The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene.

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Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.

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He selected reverse gear.

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(of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.

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Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

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Reversed.

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a reverse shell

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In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

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