reverse

(rĭ-vûrsˈ)

1. a. Turned backward in position, direction, or order.
   b. Having the back showing or in view of the observer.
2. Moving, acting, or organized in a manner contrary to the usual.
3. Causing backward movement: a reverse gear.
4. Printing Printed in such a way that the normally colored part appears white against a colored or black background.

1. The opposite or contrary: All along we thought Sue was older than Bill, but just the reverse was true.
2. a. The back or rear part.
   b. The side of a coin or medal that does not carry the principal design; the verso.
3. A change to an opposite position, condition, or direction.
4. A change in fortune from better to worse; a setback: suffered financial reverses.
5. a. A mechanism, such as a gear in a motor vehicle, that is used to reverse movement.
   b. The position or operating condition of such a mechanism.
   c. Movement in an opposite direction.
6. Football An offensive play in which a back running in one direction executes a handoff to a back running in the opposite direction.

1. To turn around to the opposite direction.
2. To turn inside out or upside down.
3. To exchange the positions of; transpose.
4. Law To revoke or annul (a decision or decree, for example).
5. a. To cause to adopt a contrary viewpoint.
   b. To change to the opposite: reversed their planned course of action.
6. To cause (an engine or a mechanism) to function in reverse.

1. To turn or move in the opposite direction.
2. To reverse the action of an engine.

Related Forms:

• re·verseˈly adverb

• re·versˈer noun