verb
-verses; -versed; -versing
[+ obj] :to change (something) to an opposite state or condition
[+ obj] :to cause (something, such as a process) to stop or return to an earlier state
[+ obj] to change the order or position of (two things or a series)
to switch the positions of the top and bottom or the front and back of (something)
chiefly Brit :to drive (a vehicle) backward [+ obj]
reverse the charges
or reverse the charge
Brit :to arrange to have the cost of a phone call paid by the person who is called
reverse yourself
US formal :to change your decision or opinion about something
noun
plural -verses
the reverse :something that is opposite to something else
the reverse :the back side of a coin, document, etc.
[noncount] :reverse gear
[count] formal :a change that makes something worse
usually plural
[count] American football :a play in which one player gives the ball to another player who is moving in the opposite direction
in reverse
in an order in which the last part is first and the first part is last :backward
in a way that is opposite to what is normal or to what happened earlier
toward an opposite or worse state or condition
into reverse
into an opposite state or condition
adjective
always used before a noun
opposite to what is usual or stated
opposite to the front