To Reverse
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
- (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
- (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position
- To overthrow; to subvert.
| Antonyms |
(to turn something in the opposite): unreverse
(rail transport): normalise / normalize (transitive and intransitive)