reverse

English

/ɹɪˈvɜːs/

adj
Definitions
  • Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
  • Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
  • (rail transport) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
  • Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
  • (botany) Reversed.
  • (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

Etymology

Borrowed from revers borrowed from Middle French revers derived from Latin reversus (returned) root from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wert-

Gloss

turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

風

Emoji
🙃

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