Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - reverse
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Reverse
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~1 v 1 »CHANGE STH« to change something, such as a decision, judgment, or process so that it is the opposite of what it was before (The court of appeal reversed the original verdict and set the prisoner free. | What can we do to reverse the present trend of falling sales?) 2 »CAR« if a car or its driver reverses, they go backwards + out/into etc (a car reversing out of a driveway | Before you reverse, make sure there are no pedestrians behind you.) reverse a car/bus etc (=make it reverse) 3 »CHANGE THE ORDER« to change round the usual order of the parts of something (They reversed the normal order for the ceremony and started with prayers.) 4 »TURN STH OVER« to turn something over, so as to show the back of it (Reverse the paper in the printer.) 5 reverse the charges BrE to make a telephone call which is paid for by the person you are telephoning; call collect AmE - reversible adj (This coat is reversible, you can wear it inside out.) - reversibility n ~2 1 »THE OPPOSITE« the reverse the exact opposite of what has just been mentioned (The economic situation is certainly improving, although recent trade figures suggest the reverse. | quite the reverse (=completely the opposite)) (I was not happy - quite the reverse, I was seething with anger.) 2 go into reverse if a trend or process goes into reverse, it starts to happen in the opposite way (a danger that the movement towards democracy will go into reverse) 3 »IN A CAR« the control in a vehicle that makes it go backwards; reverse gear (into/in reverse) (Put the car into reverse.) 4 »A DEFEAT« formal a defeat or a problem that delays your plans; setback (Losing the Senate vote was a serious reverse for the President.) 5 »OTHER SIDE« the less important side or the back of an object that has two sides (Is there a pattern on the reverse of the cloth?) 6 »OF A COIN« the side of a coin that does not show a person's head (The British ten-pence piece has a lion on the reverse.) ~3 adj only before noun 1 reverse order/procedure/process etc the opposite order etc to what is usual or to what has just been stated (in reverse order) (Re-assemble the parts in reverse order.) 2 the reverse side the back of something (Sign the check on the reverse side.)
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(reverses, reversing, reversed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When someone or something reverses a decision, policy, or trend, they change it to the opposite decision, policy, or trend. They have made it clear they will not reverse the decision to increase prices... VERB: V n 2. If you reverse the order of a set of things, you arrange them in the opposite order, so that the first thing comes last. The normal word order is reversed in passive sentences. VERB: be V-ed 3. If you reverse the positions or functions of two things, you change them so that each thing has the position or function that the other one had. He reversed the position of the two stamps. VERB: V n 4. When a car reverses or when you reverse it, the car is driven backwards. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use back up) Another car reversed out of the drive... He reversed his car straight at the policeman. VERB: V, V n 5. If your car is in reverse, you have changed gear so that you can drive it backwards. He lurched the car in reverse along the ruts to the access road. N-UNCOUNT: usu in/into N 6. Reverse means opposite to what you expect or to what has just been described. The wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse effect. = opposite ADJ: usu ADJ n 7. If you say that one thing is the reverse of another, you are emphasizing that the first thing is the complete opposite of the second thing. There is absolutely no evidence at all that spectators want longer cricket matches. Quite the reverse... N-SING: the N 8. A reverse is a serious failure or defeat. (FORMAL) It’s clear that the party of the former Prime Minister has suffered a major reverse. = setback N-COUNT 9. The reverse or the reverse side of a flat object which has two sides is the less important or the other side. Cheques should be made payable to Country Living and your address written on the reverse. = back ? front N-SING: the N 10. If something happens in reverse or goes into reverse,...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English revers, from Anglo-French, from Latin reversus, past participle of revertere to turn back — more at revert Date: 14th century 1. a. opposite or contrary to a previous or normal condition ~ order b. (1) having the back presented to the observer or opponent (2) made with one's back to the basketball net a ~ layup 2. coming from the rear of a military force 3. acting, operating, or arranged in a manner contrary to the usual 4. effecting ~ movement ~ gear 5. so made that the part which normally prints in color appears white against a colored background • ~ly adverb II. verb (~d; reversing) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to turn completely about in position or direction b. to turn upside down ; invert c. to cause to take an opposite point of view ~d herself on the issue 2. negate, undo: as a. to overthrow, set aside, or make void (a legal decision) by a contrary decision b. to change to the contrary ~ a policy c. to undo or negate the effect of (as a condition or surgical operation) had his vasectomy ~d 3. to cause to go in the opposite direction; especially to cause (as an engine) to perform its action in the opposite direction intransitive verb 1. to turn or move in the opposite direction the count's waltzing…consisted…of reversing at top speed — Agatha Christie 2. to put a mechanism (as an engine) in ~ • ~r noun Synonyms: ~, transpose, invert mean to change to the opposite position. ~ is the most general term and may imply change in order, side, direction, meaning ~d his position on the trade agreement. transpose implies a change in order or relative position of units often through exchange of position transposed the letters to form an anagram. invert applies chiefly to turning upside down or inside out a stamp with an inverted picture of an airplane. III. noun Date: 14th century 1. something directly contrary to something else ; opposite 2. an act or instance of reversing;...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v., adj., & n. --v. 1 tr. turn the other way round or up or inside out. 2 tr. change to the opposite character or effect (reversed the decision). 3 intr. & tr. travel or cause to travel backwards. 4 tr. make (an engine etc.) work in a contrary direction. 5 tr. revoke or annul (a decree, act, etc.). 6 intr. (of a dancer, esp. in a waltz) revolve in the opposite direction. --adj. 1 placed or turned in an opposite direction or position. 2 opposite or contrary in character or order; inverted. --n. 1 the opposite or contrary (the reverse is the case; is the reverse of the truth). 2 the contrary of the usual manner. 3 an occurrence of misfortune; a disaster, esp. a defeat in battle (suffered a reverse). 4 reverse gear or motion. 5 the reverse side of something. 6 a the side of a coin or medal etc. bearing the secondary design. b this design (cf. OBVERSE). 7 the verso of a leaf. Phrases and idioms reverse arms hold a rifle with the butt upwards. reverse the charges Brit. make the recipient of a telephone call responsible for payment. reverse gear a gear used to make a vehicle etc. travel backwards. reversing light a white light at the rear of a vehicle operated when the vehicle is in reverse gear. reverse Polish notation see Polish notation. reverse strata Geol. a fault in which the overlying side of a mass of rock is displaced upward in relation to the underlying side. Derivatives reversal n. reversely adv. reverser n. reversible adj. reversibility n. reversibly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF revers (n.), reverser (v.), f. L revertere revers- (as RE-, vertere turn) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) обратная сторона обратный; перевёрнутый; противоположный 2) реверсирование, изменение направления на обратное реверсировать, изменять направление на обратное 3) обратное движение; обратный ход; авто задний ход 4) полигр. выворотка 5) матем. менять на противоположный (напр. смысл неравенства) 6) переключать полюса; менять направление тока 7) оптика оборачивать, переворачивать to reverse the flow of coolant — опрокидывать поток теплоносителя - belt reverse - contact reverse - manual reverse - picture reverse - total reverse of carriage ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) оборотный 2) обратная сторона 3) обратный 4) обращать 5) перевернутый 6) переводный 7) переворачивать 8) поворачивать 9) реверсивный 10) реверсирование 11) реверсировать 12) машиностр. ход задний drive in reverse gear — двигаться задним ходом go into reverse operation — переходить в режим реверса output reverse voltage — обратное выходное напряжение оптопары reverse cross sequence — возвращающийся секущий маршрут reverse direction of scanning — левое направление развертки reverse electric arc — обратная электрическая дуга reverse greenhouse effect — метео эффект антипарниковый reverse implication sign — знак обратной импликации reverse motion selector — искатель обратного действия reverse Polish notation — компьют. запись обратная польская reverse ventilation stream — опрокидывать вентиляционную струя when moving in reverse — при движение задним ходом - go into reverse - in reverse order - reverse a negative - reverse center - reverse direction - reverse eccentric - reverse engineering - reverse etching - reverse formula - reverse gear - reverse graph - reverse inclusion - reverse inequality - reverse martingale - reverse motion - reverse movement - reverse mutation - reverse notation - reverse of curve - reverse pickup - reverse pinion - reverse polarity - reverse potential - reverse process - reverse propeller - reverse reaction - reverse rotation - reverse sense - reverse shaft - reverse shift - reverse side - reverse sign - reverse telescope - reverse the valves - reverse thrust - reverse track - reverse transfer - reverse voltage ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1) противоположное, обратное 2) отменять, аннулировать 3) изменять – to reverse the order of the claims REVERSE 1. сущ. 1) противоположное, обратное 2) противоположность • - reverse engineering - reverse side 2. прил. 1) обратный, оборотный, перевернутый 2) противоположный - reverse engineering - reverse lend-lease - reverse order - review date 3. гл. 1) отменять, аннулировать 2) резко менять (направление) 3) полностью изменять - reverse a policy - reverse the boom - reverse the decline - reverse the downward movement - reverse the upward movement ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. обратное, противоположное (чему-л.); противоположность quite (very much) the reverse —- нечто противоположное (обратное) the reverse of what we expected —- противоположное тому, что мы ожидали we are the reverse of being friends —- мы не только не друзья, а совсем наоборот 2. обратная сторона (медали, монеты); реверс reverse of a coin —- решка 3. оборотная сторона листа on the reverse of the cover —- на обороте обложки 4. противоположная сторона (горы и т. п.) 5. поворот в противоположную сторону (в танце) 6. поражение, провал 7. неудача, превратность the reverses of fortune —- превратности судьбы to suffer (to meet with) a reverse —- потерпеть неудачу to have (to experience) reverses —- понести денежные потери 8. тех. реверс; реверсирование 9. эл. переполюсование, перемена полярности Id: in reverse —- наоборот; роли переменились; задним ходом; в тылу Id: to take the enemy in reverse —- атаковать противника с тыла 10. обратный; противоположный; перевернутый the reverse side —- обратная сторона in reverse order —- в обратном порядке by the reverse method —- прямо противоположным способом 11. противоположный, направленный в обратную сторону (о движении) reverse movement —- движение в обратную сторону in reverse gear —- задним ходом 12. расположенный сзади 13. воен. тыльный reverse battery —- батарея, ведущая...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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motion движение в обратную сторону REVERSE 1. noun 1) (the reverse) противоположное, обратное; quite the reverse, very much the reverse - совсем наоборот 2) обратная сторона (монеты и т.п.) 3) перемена (к худшему) 4) неудача, превратность; to meet with a reverse - потерпеть неудачу; to have/experience reverses - понести денежные потери 5) поражение, провал 6) задний или обратный ход; in reverse, on the reverse - задним ходом 7) tech. реверсирование; механизм перемены хода - take in the reverse 2. adj. обратный; перевернутый; противоположный; reverse side - обратная сторона; - reverse motion - reverse fire 3. v. 1) перевертывать; вывертывать; опрокидывать; to reverse arms mil. - повернуть винтовку прикладом вверх 2) менять, изменять; positions are reversed - позиции переменились; to reverse a policy - круто изменить политику; to reverse the order - поставить в обратном порядке 3) поворачивать(ся) в противоположном направлении 4) аннулировать, отменять 5) tech. дать задний или обратный ход (машине); реверсировать REVERSE discrimination noun дискриминация наоборот (дискриминация мужчин и белых при приёме на работу, в учебные заведения и т.п. в пользу женщин, негров, пуэрториканцев) REVERSE fire mil. тыльный огонь REVERSE gear noun задний ход ...Англо-русский словарь
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