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Definition of reverse adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

reverse

adjective
 
 
/rɪˈvɜːs/
 
/rɪˈvɜːrs/
[only before noun]
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    opposite

  1.  
    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.
    2.

    back

  2. opposite to the front
    • Iron the garment on the reverse side.
    • On the reverse side of the medal is a coat of arms.
    3. 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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