Meaning

14 senses
  1. (transitive)To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.

    to reverse the order of books on a shelf

    to reverse a portion of video footage

    umkehren, umdrehen

  2. (transitive)To turn something inside out or upside down.

    umkehren, umdrehen

    вы́вернутьvývernutʹ, переверну́тьperevernútʹ

    turn inside out or upside down

  3. (transitive)To transpose the positions of two things.

  4. (transitive)To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

    All trends reverse eventually.

    change to the contrary

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

    to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree

    касува́тиkasuváty, скасува́тиskasuváty

  6. (ergative)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.

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

  8. (transitive)To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.

    reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of

  9. (intransitive)To move from the normal position to the reverse position.

  10. (transitive)To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).

  11. To overthrow; to subvert.

  12. (intransitive, obsolete)To return, come back.

Examples

126 sentences
  1. Can you do it in reverse?

    Ти можеш це зробити у зворотньому порядку?

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  2. Tom used reverse psychology on Mary.

    Том скористався прийомами реверсивної психології, спілкуючись з Мері.

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  3. I put my car in reverse.

    Я переключився за задню передачу.

    deIch parkte rückwärts ein.

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  4. Tom put his car in reverse.

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  5. I put the car in reverse.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to revoke a law:
Русский
By meaning 1
to turn something inside out or upside down:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to turn something around:

Origin

From Middle English reversen, from Anglo-Norman reverser, Middle French reverser, and thei

From Middle English reversen, from Anglo-Norman reverser, Middle French reverser, and their source, Latin reversō, from re- + versō.

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Forms

reverses, reversing, reversed, reversed
Base formreverse · to reverse
3rd person singularreverses
Present participlereversing
Past simplereversed
Past participlereversed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyreverse
he, she, itreverses

Past simpleLesson

all personsreversed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave reversed
he, she, ithas reversed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill reverse

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
to turn something in the opposite direction:unreverse
rail transport:normalisenormalize

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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