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reversed adjective [ rɪˈvəːst ]

• turned the other way round or up or inside out.
• "a reversed S-shape"

reverse verb

• move backwards.
• "the lorry reversed into the back of a bus"
Similar: back, go back/backwards, drive back/backwards, move back/backwards, send back/backwards, back-pedal,
Opposite: go forwards,
• make (something) the opposite of what it was.
• "the damage done to the ozone layer may be reversed"
Similar: alter, change, countermand, undo, set aside, upset, overturn, overthrow, rule against, disallow, override, overrule, veto, repudiate, revoke, repeal, cancel, rescind, annul, nullify, declare null and void, void, invalidate, negate, abrogate, quash, withdraw, take back, recant, retract, back-pedal on, backtrack on, row back, do a U-turn on, eat one's words, do an about-turn on, vacate, recall,
Opposite: uphold, stick to,
• turn (something) the other way round or up or inside out.
• "after completing a row of leaves or flowers I have reversed the pattern"
Similar: turn upside down, turn over, upend, upturn, put bottom up, flip over, turn topsy-turvy, invert, capsize, overset, turn inside out, evert, introvert, evaginate, invaginate,
• make (type or a design) appear as white in a block of solid colour or a half-tone.
• "their press ads had a headline reversed out of the illustration"
Origin: Middle English: from Old French revers, reverse (nouns), reverser (verb), from Latin reversus ‘turned back’, past participle of revertere, from re- ‘back’ + vertere ‘to turn’.


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