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REVERSE
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REVERSE is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.
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adjective
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Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter.
- The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene.
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Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- He selected reverse gear.
- To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
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Reversed.
- a reverse shell
- In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
adverb
- archaicIn a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.
noun
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The opposite of something.
- Division is the reverse of multiplication.
- The Sun doesn't orbit the Earth—quite the reverse, in fact.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
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The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
- I shifted into reverse and was just about to back up when our silly cat walked behind the car! Honk honk, kitty! Get out of there!
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- Synonym of transpose.
verb
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transitiveTo turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- to reverse the order of books on a shelf
- to reverse a portion of video footage
- transitiveTo turn something inside out or upside down.
- transitiveTo transpose the positions of two things.
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transitiveTo change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- All trends reverse eventually.
- intransitiveobsoleteTo return, come back.
- obsoletetransitiveTo turn away; to cause to depart.
- obsoletetransitiveTo cause to return; to recall.
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To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree
- ergativeTo cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- transitiveTo place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- intransitiveTo move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- transitiveTo engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of reverse-engineer.