reverse
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4.2
- noun
- /rɪˈvɜrs/
:
lo contrario
- Imagine the situation in reverse.
- in reverse order
- just the reverse
- the reverse is true
So what we see effects what we hear, and the reverse is also true.
- So what we see effects what we hear, and the reverse is also true.
- They're wrong as they tend to promote the reverse of happiness.
- In fact, I'd claim that exactly the reverse is true.
Examples
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The rules for multiple exposure are essentially the reverse of those for montage.
Academic text (1999) -
But the fact is that the reverse is true.
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It's kind of the reverse of what we normally do in science.
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In fact, very much the reverse.
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The black and white one, this poster over here, when they first presented it to us was just the reverse of what it was.
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Collective impact is now the reverse of health impact assessments.
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In the UK, the reverse is true.
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For the Mannings, the reverse seems to have been the case.
Academic text (2011) -
The decimal process is also just the reverse of the fraction process.
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The conclusion he drew was the complete reverse of the evidence presented.
Synonyms
430
1.0
A word with a completely different meaning from another word
219
3.5
Something that is the opposite of what was said or expected
41
4.1
The other side of something that shows a different, often negative, effect
18
7.9
A person or thing that is the exact opposite of another
8
6.2
Something that is the opposite of another thing in order or effect
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9.3
The direct opposite of something, for example order and chaos
A state in which two ideas or things are opposite and cannot both be true
A state where two things are completely different, like day and night
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.5
A process that makes water clean by forcing it through a thin layer to stop salt and dirt
- Specialized
1
8.2
A running play in American football where the ball is handed twice, each time changing direction
- Specialized
1
6.3
An enzyme that makes DNA from RNA, often used by viruses like HIV
- Specialized
A drug that stops HIV changing its genetic material and is used with other medicines
- Specialized
An HIV drug that joins viral DNA and stops the enzyme that copies the virus
- Specialized
A break in rock where one side moves up when the land is pushed together
- Specialized
A way to write math with numbers before the sign so no parentheses
- Specialized
Reduce the number of a company's shares so each share is worth more without changing total investment value
- Specialized
A company action that combines its shares so each is worth more but the total value stays the same
- Specialized
A drug that stops an enzyme viruses like HIV use to copy their genes
- Jargon
A position on rings where a gymnast hangs upside down with hips bent and legs straight
Surface Forms
Morphology
reverse = verse (semi-transparent) = re + verse
Meaning follows the compositional logic 're-' (back/again) + '-verse' (turn) yielding 'turn back/opposite', but '-verse' is not a common standalone modern English word so learners may not always recognize the parts.
Etymology
Reverse comes from the Latin parts re- ('back') and vertere ('to turn'), so the reverse of something is the exact 'turning' to the other side. That is why the reverse means the complete opposite of what was expected.