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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Causing movement in the opposite direction.
  • Having the order of its constituents moved backwards in time or space.
  • of points to be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.

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Noun:

  • The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
  • The opposite of forward.
  • The opposite of front.
  • The ''tails'' side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.

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Verb:

  • chemistry To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
  • ergative To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction.
  • intransitive To transpose the positions of two things.
  • intransitive To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
  • intransitive To turn something inside out or upside down.
  • legal To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
  • intransitive To return, come back.
  • intransitive|of points to move from the normal position to the reverse position
  • transitive To place a set of points in the reverse position

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