Synonym: back up, regress, return, revert. Antonym: obverse, recto. Similar words: oversee, diverse, for ever, ever so, ever since, revenue, revelation, prevention. Meaning: [rɪ'vɜrs /-'vɜːs] n. 1. a relation of direct opposition 2. the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed 3. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating 4. the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design 5. (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction 6. turning in the opposite direction. v. 1. change to the contrary 2. turn inside out or upside down 3. rule against 4. annul by recalling or rescinding. adj. 1. directed or moving toward the rear 2. reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect 3. of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle.
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(151) It was a very simple matter to reverse this procedure, generally after some unpleasantness with the appropriate squadron and station commander.
(152) Something about a reverse osmosis filtration system, which is too tricky to explain now.
(153) Newly formed governments seek deliberately to reverse their predecessors' communications policies.
(154) He swung his left arm up in a reverse backstroke, and grasped the chain.
(155) They don't just bend the truth, they simply reverse it.
(156) The principal goal of Republican conservatives is to reverse the Roe v Wade ruling.
(157) There are a number of legal formulae by which any suggestion of reverse discrimination is ruled out.
(158) Whilst in bath remember what you've done and race down naked to reverse the contents of freezer and microwave.
(159) Thus the movement, seen from close by, appears to go into reverse gear.
(160) Clara switches from being aggressive to being acquiescent and Lucio does the reverse.
(161) They show that he has a huge task ahead if he is to reverse the gender gap by November 7.
(162) Engage forward and reverse gears and shunt backwards and forwards, listening for unusual transmission noises.
(163) Bank teller Barclays is in the happy position of exactly the reverse happening.
(164) The analysis applies in reverse if the actual rate of interest is thought to be abnormally low.
(165) Months later it merged with the considerably larger Mothercare chain in a reverse take-over.
(166) The defender now turns attacker, stepping quickly forward and striking with a reverse punch to his attacker's chest.
(167) The alarm went out and environmentalists began to try to halt, if not reverse, the destruction of the remaining park.
(168) It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides. George Sand
(169) The reforms are designed to reverse the drastic decline in the Party's support.
(170) The parka in reverse from rose pink to a grass green print over a siren gown, by Ungaro. 5.
(171) It is a bold move, since it throws into reverse one of Clinton's central election pledges.
(172) The reverse is happening in the eastern part of the Ocean.
(173) He will be the last man off, since riders begin in reverse order of positions on general classification.
(174) After some time, he finally started the engine and crunched into reverse gear.
(175) The irony is that we are busy doing many things that don't matter and we have no time for things that do. Shouldn't we reverse it? RVM
(176) The child is trying to escape and avoid the very exercises you are doing to reverse the underlying difficulty!
(177) But the reverse is true when an attorney represents a person who is obviously guilty or whose guilt is widely perceived.
(178) Intel is expected to reverse part of that charge this quarter,[www.Sentencedict.com] which will help bring expenses down.
(179) If the appeals courts reverse the case, the whole procedure begins all over again.
(180) You can even see the gesso oozing through the canvas weave in the reverse.
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