Reverse
verb
To change something to the opposite direction, position, or course.
When he realized he was on the wrong route, he quickly reversed the car.
Often appears as...
- reverse a car
- reverse a decision
adjective
Opposite to what is normal or expected.
Her decision had a reverse effect on his mood.
Often appears as...
- reverse effect
- reverse direction
noun
The opposite or facing side, especially of a coin or medal.
The date of the coin was on the reverse.
Often appears as...
- on the reverse
- reverse side
verb
To change a previous decision or situation.
The court reversed the previous verdict.
Often appears as...
- reverse a decision
- reverse a verdict
Usage tips
Legal
noun
A gear in a motor vehicle that is used to move backward.
Before parking the car, he shifted the gear into reverse.
Often appears as...
- in reverse
- shift into reverse
Usage tips
Automotive
verb
To prevent from happening.
Eating healthy can reverse the effects of aging.
Often appears as...
- reverse the effects
- reverse the course
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Medical
verb
To change something to the opposite direction, position, or course.
When he realized he was on the wrong route, he quickly reversed the car.
Often appears as...
- reverse a car
- reverse a decision
adjective
Opposite to what is normal or expected.
Her decision had a reverse effect on his mood.
Often appears as...
- reverse effect
- reverse direction
noun
The opposite or facing side, especially of a coin or medal.
The date of the coin was on the reverse.
Often appears as...
- on the reverse
- reverse side
verb
To change a previous decision or situation.
The court reversed the previous verdict.
Often appears as...
- reverse a decision
- reverse a verdict
Usage tips
Legal
noun
A gear in a motor vehicle that is used to move backward.
Before parking the car, he shifted the gear into reverse.
Often appears as...
- in reverse
- shift into reverse
Usage tips
Automotive
verb
To prevent from happening.
Eating healthy can reverse the effects of aging.
Often appears as...
- reverse the effects
- reverse the course
Usage tips
Medical
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Use 'reverse' when something physically moves in the direction it came from.
The driver reversed into the parking spot.
Pro Tip 2/2Changing Decisions
Use 'reverse' to indicate a decision was changed to the opposite what it was before.
She reversed her choice at the last minute.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Use 'reverse' when something physically moves in the direction it came from.
The driver reversed into the parking spot.
Pro Tip 2/2Changing Decisions
Use 'reverse' to indicate a decision was changed to the opposite what it was before.
She reversed her choice at the last minute.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Use 'reverse' when something physically moves in the direction it came from.
The driver reversed into the parking spot.
Pro Tip 2/2Changing Decisions
Use 'reverse' to indicate a decision was changed to the opposite what it was before.
She reversed her choice at the last minute.
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and so became more sensitive to stress throughout life. These are considered epigenetic changes, meaning that they effect which genes are expressed without directly changing the genetic code. And these changes can be reversed if the moms are swapped. But there's a surprising result.
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that were in the car, and then they used sophisticated reverse engineering tools to figure out what that software did, and then they found vulnerabilities in that software, and then they built exploits to exploit those. They actually carried out their attack in real life.
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How does the stock...
For the company, this increased interest helps fund new initiatives, and also boosts its overall market value by showing how many people are willing to invest in their idea. However, if for some reason a company starts to seem less profitable the reverse can also happen.
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Reversing animal...
it may well be able to work for other endangered species it could help revolutionize conservation it certainly revolutionized us because we discovered that our original mission was too limited and in fact it needs to broaden so that we're not just reversing
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What if a US presidential...
please do it peacefully. This is not just philosophy or morality. A lot of studies have shown that it's the peaceful protests that are more successful at challenging these would-be dictators and reversing coup attempts. It's the peaceful ones, why?
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At what moment are you...
can delay or prevent death but not reverse it. But that's not as simple as it sounds because constant advancements in technology and medicine have resulted in diagnoses such as coma, describing potentially reversible conditions,
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How a Great White Shark...
The deepest bite impressions are most likely from the initial strike. We've got huge amounts of teeth marks there. These being the top teeth of the shark's jaw, and then on the reverse side, here we can
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Bart Knols: Cheese, dogs...
And so we started focusing on the smell of feet on the smell of human feet, until we came across a remarkable statement in the literature that said that cheese smells after feet rather than the reverse.
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Saving Water Voles From...
one of our rarest mammals here in the uk but here in devon a group of ecologists are aiming to reverse that decline and bring the waterfall back from the brink of extinction
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How Are Eggs Made? PIPE...
to help understand this we can do a simple experiment these are unfertilized quail eggs and this is vinegar what the vinegar will do is to reverse
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How stress affects your...
and so became more sensitive to stress throughout life. These are considered epigenetic changes, meaning that they effect which genes are expressed without directly changing the genetic code. And these changes can be reversed if the moms are swapped. But there's a surprising result.
Video examples
Avi Rubin: All your...
that were in the car, and then they used sophisticated reverse engineering tools to figure out what that software did, and then they found vulnerabilities in that software, and then they built exploits to exploit those. They actually carried out their attack in real life.
Video examples
How does the stock...
For the company, this increased interest helps fund new initiatives, and also boosts its overall market value by showing how many people are willing to invest in their idea. However, if for some reason a company starts to seem less profitable the reverse can also happen.
Video examples
Reversing animal...
it may well be able to work for other endangered species it could help revolutionize conservation it certainly revolutionized us because we discovered that our original mission was too limited and in fact it needs to broaden so that we're not just reversing
Video examples
What if a US presidential...
please do it peacefully. This is not just philosophy or morality. A lot of studies have shown that it's the peaceful protests that are more successful at challenging these would-be dictators and reversing coup attempts. It's the peaceful ones, why?
Video examples
At what moment are you...
can delay or prevent death but not reverse it. But that's not as simple as it sounds because constant advancements in technology and medicine have resulted in diagnoses such as coma, describing potentially reversible conditions,
Video examples
How a Great White Shark...
The deepest bite impressions are most likely from the initial strike. We've got huge amounts of teeth marks there. These being the top teeth of the shark's jaw, and then on the reverse side, here we can
Video examples
Bart Knols: Cheese, dogs...
And so we started focusing on the smell of feet on the smell of human feet, until we came across a remarkable statement in the literature that said that cheese smells after feet rather than the reverse.
Video examples
Saving Water Voles From...
one of our rarest mammals here in the uk but here in devon a group of ecologists are aiming to reverse that decline and bring the waterfall back from the brink of extinction
Video examples
How Are Eggs Made? PIPE...
to help understand this we can do a simple experiment these are unfertilized quail eggs and this is vinegar what the vinegar will do is to reverse
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John Piper
American Clergyman
When people think about 'thinking,' they often think 'academia;' they think 'threat.' They think 'coldness.' I want to reverse all those images and say, 'No, the brain God gave you is intended to throw fuel on the fire of your affections for God. It's really good at it if you let it.
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Jennifer Rowe
Australian Author
I certainly don't feel any more super than any of the other people I knew in my working life... Quite the reverse. In fact, guilt is my middle name, and I think anybody who does do that thing with work and children and everything knows exactly what I'm talking about.
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Janelle Monae
American Musician
Children go with whatever makes them feel good - like if that's the color green or orange, they do that with their clothes. As I've grown older, everything reversed. My music, my personality - onstage those things became my colors.
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David Jason
English Actor
My life has been in reverse. It wasn't fame, and it wasn't money, but I always wanted to succeed. The only way I could do that was to try with every job to be better than I was in the last one, and to learn.
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Hilary Mantel
English Writer
There are plenty of books that tell you how to become a writer, but not one that suggests how, if you want a normal life, you might reverse the process.
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James Haskell
English Athlete
All players want nice things to be said and written about them and you have to take the reverse in equal measure.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japanese Composer
Time in our universe is always one way: no going back, no reverse. In music, you can reverse it!
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John Cusack
American Actor
Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life.
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Thomas Moore
Irish Poet
Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise.
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Amit Shah
Indian Politician
In political science, public support doesn't have a reverse gear. It always goes forward.
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John Piper
American Clergyman
When people think about 'thinking,' they often think 'academia;' they think 'threat.' They think 'coldness.' I want to reverse all those images and say, 'No, the brain God gave you is intended to throw fuel on the fire of your affections for God. It's really good at it if you let it.
Quote examples
Jennifer Rowe
Australian Author
I certainly don't feel any more super than any of the other people I knew in my working life... Quite the reverse. In fact, guilt is my middle name, and I think anybody who does do that thing with work and children and everything knows exactly what I'm talking about.
Quote examples
Janelle Monae
American Musician
Children go with whatever makes them feel good - like if that's the color green or orange, they do that with their clothes. As I've grown older, everything reversed. My music, my personality - onstage those things became my colors.
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David Jason
English Actor
My life has been in reverse. It wasn't fame, and it wasn't money, but I always wanted to succeed. The only way I could do that was to try with every job to be better than I was in the last one, and to learn.
Quote examples
Hilary Mantel
English Writer
There are plenty of books that tell you how to become a writer, but not one that suggests how, if you want a normal life, you might reverse the process.
Quote examples
James Haskell
English Athlete
All players want nice things to be said and written about them and you have to take the reverse in equal measure.
Quote examples
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japanese Composer
Time in our universe is always one way: no going back, no reverse. In music, you can reverse it!
Quote examples
John Cusack
American Actor
Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life.
Quote examples
Thomas Moore
Irish Poet
Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise.
Quote examples
Amit Shah
Indian Politician
In political science, public support doesn't have a reverse gear. It always goes forward.
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