- opposite to what has been mentioned
- to travel in the reverse direction
- The winners were announced in reverse order (= the person in the lowest place was announced first).
- The experiment had the reverse effect to what was intended.
- One year later she made the same journey in the reverse direction.
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- opposite to the front
- Iron the garment on the reverse side.
- On the reverse side of the medal is a coat of arms.
opposite
back
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French revers, reverse (nouns), reverser (verb), from Latin reversus ‘turned back’, past participle of revertere, from re- ‘back’ + vertere ‘to turn’.
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