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Meaning of reverse

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  reverse
      adj 1: directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance";
             "a rearward movement" [syn: {rearward}, {reverse}]
      2: of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor
         vehicle; "in reverse gear" [ant: {forward}]
      3: reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect [syn:
         {inverse}, {reverse}]
      n 1: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older
           than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: {reverse},
           {contrary}, {opposite}]
      2: the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
         [syn: {reverse}, {reverse gear}]
      3: an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something
         that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: {reverse}, {reversal},
         {setback}, {blow}, {black eye}]
      4: the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal
         design [syn: {reverse}, {verso}] [ant: {obverse}]
      5: (American football) a running play in which a back running in
         one direction hands the ball to a back running in the
         opposite direction
      6: turning in the opposite direction [syn: {reversion},
         {reverse}, {reversal}, {turnabout}, {turnaround}]
      v 1: change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the
           tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it
           was revealed that the president had an affair with a White
           House intern" [syn: {change by reversal}, {turn},
           {reverse}]
      2: turn inside out or upside down [syn: {turn back}, {invert},
         {reverse}]
      3: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House
         voted on the bill" [syn: {overrule}, {overturn}, {override},
         {overthrow}, {reverse}]
      4: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an
         embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: {revoke}, {annul},
         {lift}, {countermand}, {reverse}, {repeal}, {overturn},
         {rescind}, {vacate}]
      5: reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when
         forming a question, invert the subject and the verb" [syn:
         {invert}, {reverse}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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