reverse

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 18.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter.

2. adjective Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.

   He selected reverse gear.

3. adjective To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
4. adjective Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
5. adjective Reversed.

   a reverse shell

6. adjective In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
7. adverb In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.
8. noun The opposite of something.

   Division is the reverse of multiplication.

Similar words

inverse reversal invert rearward turnabout backward turnaround turn reversion overturn

Often followed by

the of is side order direction transcriptase this was

Word family

quite the reverse reversal reversals reversed reversely reverser reversers reverses reversible reversing