Слово англійською: reverse
Дієслово
Переклад reverse українською: поверну́ти (ро́звиток і т. д.), дава́ти за́дній хід, за́дній хід, зворо́тний бік, протиле́жність, зворо́тний, протиле́жний (поря́док і т. д.)
Детальний опис
change to opposite
- [transitive] reverse something to change something completely so that it is the opposite of what it was before
- Falling birth rates may reverse the trend towards early retirement.
- to reverse a procedure/process
- The government has failed to reverse the economic decline.
- It is sometimes possible to arrest or reverse the disease.
- [transitive] reverse something to change a previous decision, law, etc. to the opposite one synonym revoke
- The Court of Appeal reversed the decision.
- The policy is likely to be reversed if there is a change of government.
- to reverse a judgement
- [transitive] reverse something to turn something the opposite way around or change the order of something around
- Writing is reversed in a mirror.
- You should reverse the order of these pages.
- To solve the puzzle, simply reverse the order of the numbers.
exchange two things
- [transitive] reverse something to exchange the positions or functions of two things
- It felt as if we had reversed our roles of parent and child.
- She used to work for me, but our situations are now reversed.
yourself
- [transitive] reverse yourself (on something) (North American English) to admit you were wrong or to stop having a particular position in an argument
- He has reversed himself on a dozen issues.
vehicle
- [intransitive, transitive] (especially British English) when a vehicle or its driver reverses or the driver reverses a vehicle, the vehicle goes backwards
- He reversed around the corner.
- She reversed into a parking space.
- Caution! This truck is reversing.
- reverse something Now reverse the car.
compare back phone call
- [transitive] reverse (the) charges (British English) to make a phone call that will be paid for by the person you are calling, not by you
- I want to reverse the charges, please.
see also collect Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French revers, reverse (nouns), reverser (verb), from Latin reversus ‘turned back’, past participle of revertere, from re- ‘back’ + vertere ‘to turn’.