Meaning & use

reverse

verb·Everyday

To change something to its opposite direction, order, or effect.

See it in a sentence

The driver reversed the car carefully out of the narrow driveway.

The court reversed its earlier decision after new evidence emerged.

A note on using this word

Reverse is also a noun meaning the opposite of what was just stated, as in 'quite the reverse of what fans expected.'

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Another way to use it

2. noun

The opposite of what has just been stated or expected.

The result was the reverse of what most fans had confidently predicted.

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