Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - reverse
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reverse
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)
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I. adjective see: revert Date: 14th century 1. opposite or contrary to a previous or normal condition , b. having the back presented to the observer or opponent, made with one's back to the basketball net , coming from the rear of a military force, acting, operating, or arranged in a manner contrary to the usual, effecting ~ movement , 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. to turn completely about in position or direction, to turn upside down ; invert, to cause to take an opposite point of view , negate, undo: as, to overthrow, set aside, or make void (a legal decision) by a contrary decision, to change to the contrary , to undo or negate the effect of (as a condition or surgical operation) , to cause to go in the opposite direction, intransitive verb to turn or move in the opposite direction , to put a mechanism (as an engine) in ~, ~r noun Synonyms: see: ~ III. noun Date: 14th century something directly contrary to something else ; opposite, an act or instance of reversing, the back part of something, 4. a. a gear that ~s something, movement in ~, an offensive play in football in which a back moving in one direction gives the ball to a player moving in the opposite direction ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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