reverses

Meaning of reverses

noun
  1. The opposite of something.
    We believed the Chinese weren't ready for us. In fact, the reverse was true.
  2. The act of going backwards; a reversal.
  3. A piece of misfortune; a setback.
  4. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
  5. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
  6. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
  7. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
  8. A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
verb
  1. To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
    to reverse a portion of video footage
  2. To turn something inside out or upside down.
  3. To transpose the positions of two things.
  4. To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
  5. To return, come back.
  6. To turn away; to cause to depart.
  7. To cause to return; to recall.
  8. To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
    to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree
  9. To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
  10. To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
  11. To place a set of points in the reverse position
  12. (of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position
  13. To overthrow; to subvert.

Information about reverses

  • The singular form of reverses is: reverse.
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Hyphenation of reverses

re-verses

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • reverses is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

reverses antonyms

Meaning :

normalize

Anagrams of reverses

reserves, severers

Words that rhyme with reverses

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