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General dictionaries General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. reverse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  2. reverse: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
  3. reverse: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. Reverse, reverse: Wordnik [home, info]
  5. reverse, the reverse: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  6. Reverse: Wiktionary [home, info]
  7. reverse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  8. reverse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  9. reverse: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  10. reverse: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  11. reverse (adv./adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  12. reverse: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  13. reverse: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  14. Reverse (American football), Reverse (bridge), Reverse (coin), Reverse (cricket), Reverse, The Reverse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  15. Reverse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  16. reverse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  17. reverse: Rhymezone [home, info]
  18. reverse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  19. reverse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  20. Reverse (a car, etc.): Britih-American Dictionary [home, info]
  21. reverse: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  22. reverse: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  23. reverse: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  24. reverse: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  25. reverse: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
  26. reverse: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Art dictionaries Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. reverse: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology [home, info]
  2. reverse: Global Glossary [home, info]
  3. reverse: Coin Collecting Glossary [home, info]
  4. Reverse: Numismatic Dictionary [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Reverse: MoneyGlossary.com [home, info]
  2. Reverse: THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM [home, info]
  3. Reverse: Comprehensive Financial [home, info]
  4. reverse: Legal dictionary [home, info]
  5. reverse: Financial dictionary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. reverse: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. reverse: online medical dictionary [home, info]

Science dictionaries Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. reverse: Archaeology Wordsmith [home, info]

Sports dictionaries Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Reverse: Fifthchair Bridge [home, info]
  2. reverse: Hickok Sports Glossaries [home, info]
  3. Reverse: Sports Definitions [home, info]

Tech dictionaries Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Reverse: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info]
  2. reverse: Coin Collecting [home, info]
  3. Reverse: PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography [home, info]

Quick definitions (reverse)

noun:  (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
noun:  the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
noun:  the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
noun:  an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
noun:  a relation of direct opposition ("We thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true")
noun:  turning in the opposite direction
verb:  turn inside out or upside down
verb:  change to the contrary ("The trend was reversed")
verb:  rule against
verb:  annul by recalling or rescinding
adjective:  of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle ("In reverse gear")
adjective:  reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
adjective:  directed or moving toward the rear

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