REVERSE definition: opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character. See examples of reverse used in a sentence.

reverse, transpose, invert mean to change to the opposite position. reverse is the most general term and may imply change in order, side, direction, meaning.

You might think that people who don't worry about their diet are fatter and more unhealthy; in fact, the reverse is true. Whatever official news broadcasts claimed, he believed the reverse.

To cause to adopt a contrary viewpoint: reversed himself during the campaign.

To reverse is to place or move something so that it is facing in the opposite direction from the one faced previously: to reverse from right to left; to reverse a decision.

Reverse means opposite from what you expect or to what has just been described. The wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse effect.

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