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.
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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(181) Left-wing incumbents are expected to adopt high-inflation, low-unemployment positions and right-wing governments the reverse.
(182) In the reverse direction the country received its most abundantly grown foodstuffs of today - maize and cassava.
(183) Democrats in Congress are determined to reverse the Supreme Court's recent anti-affirmative-action rulings.
(184) Expensive state subsidies cushioned but could not reverse Yucatan's long decline.
(185) The plans to reverse decades of governmental policy without benefit of public hearings and substantive dialogue have produced little.
(186) The second assumption is that the stream can not move backwards on itself, that is, reverse its direction or join itself.
(187) Thomas was renowned as a vigorous opponent of affirmative action or reverse discrimination, espousing minority self-help rather than racial quotas.
(188) These are especially acute where a substantial private company is being acquired in a Reverse or Super Class One transaction.
(189) And that the word AM0R was the reverse in spelling of R0MA seemed marvelously to epitomize the sense of the contrast.
(190) A bridge of four diodes, connected in reverse parallel with the switching transistors, provides the path for freewheeling currents.
(191) All 36 forward speeds can also be used in reverse, too.
(192) Not finished, he slammed into reverse so quickly that she fell to the ground.
(193) We will reverse the present planning presumption in favour of opencast coal mining and give top priority to local people and their environment.
(194) The reverse also holds, that failure to live morally betrays and invalidates religious devotion unless there is genuine penitence.
(195) The fact is that both the benefits of affirmative action and the white-male fears of reverse discrimination have been exaggerated.
(196) Just as acidity works to add definition to sweets and fatty foods, the reverse is also true.
(197) Mr Wilson says organic farms reverse many modern agricultural trends.
(198) For the last year they have been arguing about how to reverse this but they haven't done anything.
(199) The inability to reverse operations is characteristic of the cognitive activity of the preoperational child.
(200) And suddenly there was action - the van roared into reverse, rushing away from them, its headlights on full beam.
(201) We will reverse cuts in design consultancy schemes and provide additional funding for the Design Council.
(202) The more entrenched unwelcome developments have become(sentencedict.com), the harder it will be to reverse them.
(203) Too much may have happened within a matter of days after completion for it to be practical to reverse the sale.
(204) It does not help a girl to be honorable to pay her with public funds to be the reverse.
(205) The floodgates were now open and it is from here that the reverse sequence of On the Look-Out commences.
(206) Some, although few, home contents policies have a reverse indemnity clause which may cover costs and damages in some cases.
(207) It has presided over our economic decline for decades and even now is failing to reverse it.
(208) The reverse occurred on restoration of the dot key and depression of the dash key.
(209) When Illinois gets the ball again,[sentencedict.com] Red steals it and muscles under the basket to make a reverse layup.
(210) The reverse acoustic ceilings amplify the din to a decibel range appropriate for a wind tunnel.
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