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{
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"rail-transport",
"railways",
"transport"
],
"word": "normal"
}
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"word": "reverse electrodialysis"
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"word": "reverse graffiti"
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"word": "reverse infringement"
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"word": "reverse intaglio"
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"word": "reverse komi"
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"word": "reverse Magnus effect"
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"word": "reverse mermaid"
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"word": "reverse Midas touch"
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"word": "reverse mortgage"
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"word": "reverse one-drop rule"
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"word": "reverse painting"
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"word": "reverse Polish notation"
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"word": "reverse rape"
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"word": "reverse repo"
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"word": "reverse sexism"
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"word": "reverse shot"
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"word": "reverse spelling"
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"word": "reverse sweep"
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"word": "reverse swing"
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"word": "reverse thrust"
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"word": "reverse transcriptase"
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"word": "reverse transcription"
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"word": "reverse trap"
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"word": "reverse Turing test"
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"word": "reverse vending machine"
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"word": "reverse video"
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"word": "Uno reverse card"
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"text": "We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene.",
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[
"Opposite",
"opposite"
],
[
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "tərs"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "retrògrad"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "peruutus-"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "marcha atrás"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "umgekehrt"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 26 7 4 5 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "invertito"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 26 7 4 5 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "retromarcia"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "inverso"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 26 7 4 5 9",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gyakushin suru",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "逆進する"
},
{
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "rygge"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 26 7 4 5 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "reverso"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 26 7 4 5 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "ré"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 26 7 4 5 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "marcha-atrás"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 26 7 4 5 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "marcha à ré"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 26 7 4 5 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "marcha à retaguarda"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 26 7 4 5 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivopolóžnyj",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "противополо́жный"
},
{
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"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
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},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "marcha atrás"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 26 7 4 5 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reverso"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "backa"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 26 7 4 5 9",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "aksi"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "He selected reverse gear.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction."
],
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[
"engine",
"engine"
],
[
"vehicle",
"vehicle"
]
],
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"not-comparable"
]
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
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"To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route."
],
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[
"rail transport",
"rail transport"
]
],
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"(rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route."
],
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"not-comparable",
"of points"
],
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"rail-transport",
"railways",
"transport"
],
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{
"_dis1": "11 7 55 7 5 15",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of points: to be in the non-default position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "invertito"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 7 55 7 5 15",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of points: to be in the non-default position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reverso"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Turned upside down; greatly disturbed."
],
"id": "en-reverse-en-adj-Sw1a99UO",
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"not-comparable"
],
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obraten",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "обратен"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "käänteinen"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "päinvastainen"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "inverse"
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{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "umgekehrt"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "fordított"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "megfordított"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inverso"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "invertito"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ribaltato"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "opposto"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "rovesciato"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "al contrario"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gyaku no",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "逆の"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "abekobe no",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "あべこべの"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "ota",
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"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "وارون"
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{
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "odwrócony"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "reverso"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "inverso"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "invertido"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "contrário"
},
{
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
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"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
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"masculine",
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inversă"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "ru",
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"word": "обра́тный"
},
{
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "al revés"
},
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"_dis1": "15 11 12 37 13 12",
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"adverb"
],
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},
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "ngược"
}
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Botany",
"orig": "en:Botany",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"text": "a reverse shell",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Reversed."
],
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[
"botany",
"botany"
]
],
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"(botany) Reversed."
],
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"not-comparable"
],
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"biology",
"botany",
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]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
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"masculine"
],
"word": "verso"
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{
"_dis1": "26 3 0 23 40 2 3 2",
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"word": "spate"
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{
"_dis1": "26 3 0 23 40 2 3 2",
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"neuter"
],
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{
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{
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"neuter"
],
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{
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"neuter"
],
"word": "contrariu"
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{
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],
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[
"gear",
"gear"
],
[
"automobile",
"automobile"
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"word": "reverse gear"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadna skorost",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "задна скорост"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "achteruit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "peruutusvaihde"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "marche arrière"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marcha atrás"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rückwärtsgang"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ópisthen",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "όπισθεν"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "hátramenet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "rükverc"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retromarcia"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "revers"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "revers"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"feminine"
],
"word": "marcha à ré"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"feminine"
],
"word": "marcha a ré"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ré"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"feminine"
],
"word": "marcha-atrás"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marcha atrás"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"Venezuela",
"masculine"
],
"word": "retroceso"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"Central-America",
"Colombia",
"Ecuador",
"Mexico",
"feminine"
],
"word": "reversa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"Dominican-Republic",
"Puerto-Rico",
"feminine"
],
"word": "riversa"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "back"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "số de"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke."
],
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[
"thrust",
"thrust"
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[
"fencing",
"fencing"
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{
"_dis1": "0 5 1 6 5 3 74 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thrust in fencing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stoccata"
}
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Surgery",
"orig": "en:Surgery",
"parents": [
"Medicine",
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed."
],
"id": "en-reverse-en-noun-j8P6QbFO",
"links": [
[
"surgery",
"surgery"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed."
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences",
"surgery"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈvɜːs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈvɝs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)s"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-reverse.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/En-us-reverse.ogg/En-us-reverse.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/En-us-reverse.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"reverse"
],
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{
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{
"sense": "to turn something in the opposite direction",
"word": "unreverse"
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{
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"rail-transport",
"railways",
"transport"
],
"word": "normalise"
},
{
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"rail-transport",
"railways",
"transport"
],
"word": "normalize"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "reverse course"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bootlegger reverse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "reversal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "reverse configure"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "reverse-engineer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "reverse out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "reverser"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "reverse the charge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unreverse"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "reversen"
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"expansion": "Middle English reversen",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "reverser"
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"expansion": "Anglo-Norman reverser",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "reverser"
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"expansion": "Middle French reverser",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
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"expansion": "Latin reversō",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "re-"
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"expansion": "re-",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
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"expansion": "versō",
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English reversen, from Anglo-Norman reverser, Middle French reverser, and their source, Latin reversō, from re- + versō.",
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{
"form": "reverses",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "reversed",
"tags": [
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"past"
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},
{
"form": "reversed",
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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{
"text": "to reverse the order of books on a shelf",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to reverse a portion of video footage",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence."
],
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"(transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence."
],
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"transitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obrǎštam",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "обръщам"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "kääntää ympäri"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "kääntää"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "renverser"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "umkehren"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "umdrehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "megfordít"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "aisiompaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "invertire"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gyaku ni suru",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "逆にする"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "inverter"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "reverter"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "inversa"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "răsturna"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 24 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "bascula"
}
]
},
{
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{
"ref": "1672, William Temple, Essay on the Original and Nature of Government",
"text": "A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To turn something inside out or upside down."
],
"id": "en-reverse-en-verb-hByTcsKX",
"links": [
[
"inside out",
"inside out"
],
[
"upside down",
"upside down"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preobrǎštam",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "преобръщам"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "kääntää"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "umkehren"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "umdrehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "hu",
"english": "inside out",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "kifordít"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "hu",
"english": "upside down",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "felfordít"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "aisiompaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "capovolgere"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "rovesciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "ribaltare"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uragaesu",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "裏返す"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kutsugaesu",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "覆す"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "inverter"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "întoarce (pe dos)"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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"To transpose the positions of two things."
],
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"links": [
[
"transpose",
"transpose"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To transpose the positions of two things."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 81 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "vaihtaa (+ genitive plural +) paikkaa",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 81 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "megcserél"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 81 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "felcserél"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 81 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "aisiompaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 81 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "scambiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 81 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "invertire"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 81 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "commutare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 81 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uragaesu",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "裏返す"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 81 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "inverter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 81 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "inversa"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "All trends reverse eventually.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To change totally; to alter to the opposite."
],
"id": "en-reverse-en-verb-l0kxoBzI",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To return, come back."
],
"id": "en-reverse-en-verb-PGSmzCEC",
"links": [
[
"return",
"return"
],
[
"come back",
"come back"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To turn away; to cause to depart."
],
"id": "en-reverse-en-verb-ox6yTi4r",
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To cause to return; to recall."
],
"id": "en-reverse-en-verb-WgKM9iZM",
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "en:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree",
"type": "example"
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"vehicle"
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"of points"
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"railways",
"transport"
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"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
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"In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template."
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"(genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template."
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"genetics",
"medicine",
"natural-sciences",
"sciences"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obraten",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "обратен"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "käänteinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "päinvastainen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
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"word": "inverse"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "umgekehrt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "fordított"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "megfordított"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "inverso"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ribaltato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "opposto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "rovesciato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "al contrario"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gyaku no",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "逆の"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "abekobe no",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "あべこべの"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "varun",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "وارون"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "odwrócony"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "reverso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "inverso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "invertido"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
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"neuter"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
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"masculine",
"neuter"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "inversă"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obrátnyj",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "обра́тный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"tags": [
"adverb"
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"word": "al revés"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
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"adverb"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "having the order of its constituents moved backwards",
"word": "ngược"
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{
"code": "az",
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"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "retrògrad"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "peruutus-"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "marcha atrás"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "umgekehrt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "invertito"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "retromarcia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "inverso"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gyakushin suru",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "逆進する"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "rygge"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "marcha-atrás"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
"word": "marcha à ré"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
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{
"code": "ru",
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{
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "causing movement in the opposite direction",
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of points: to be in the non-default position",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "es",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "opposite of something",
"word": "ellenkező"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "opposite of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrario"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "opposite of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opposto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "opposite of something",
"word": "al contrario"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "opposite of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrário"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obrǎštane",
"sense": "reversal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обръщане"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reversal",
"word": "kääntyminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reversal",
"word": "täyskäännös"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reversal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "recul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reversal",
"word": "megfordulás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reversal",
"word": "visszafordulás"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reversal",
"word": "a marcia indietro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reversal",
"word": "in retromarcia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reversal",
"word": "retromarcia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neuspeh",
"sense": "setback, misfortune",
"word": "неуспех"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "setback, misfortune",
"word": "takaisku"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "setback, misfortune",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "revers"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "setback, misfortune",
"word": "vereség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "setback, misfortune",
"word": "kudarc"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "setback, misfortune",
"word": "bukás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "setback, misfortune",
"word": "balszerencse"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "setback, misfortune",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rovescio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "setback, misfortune",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "disgrazia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "setback, misfortune",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sfortuna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "setback, misfortune",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "revés"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tura",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"word": "тура"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "keerzijde"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"word": "kääntöpuoli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"word": "klaava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "of a coin",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "côté pile"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kehrseite"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rückseite"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hinterseite"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"word": "„írás” oldal"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rovescio"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tergo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "testa"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "revers"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "revers"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "rewers"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "reszka"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "coroa"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse",
"word": "kabaligtaran"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opako",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "опако"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rub"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"word": "toinen puoli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"word": "kääntöpuoli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "envers"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "revers"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"word": "hátoldal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"word": "hátlap"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"word": "vissza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"word": "inversione"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ura",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"word": "裏"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "side of something facing away; opposite of front",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verso"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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"word": "spate"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "revers"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "ro",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadna skorost",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "задна скорост"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "achteruit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "peruutusvaihde"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "marche arrière"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marcha atrás"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rückwärtsgang"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ópisthen",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "όπισθεν"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "hátramenet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "rükverc"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retromarcia"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "revers"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "revers"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"feminine"
],
"word": "marcha à ré"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"feminine"
],
"word": "marcha a ré"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ré"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gear",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"feminine"
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"word": "marcha-atrás"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marcha atrás"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"masculine"
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"word": "retroceso"
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{
"code": "es",
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"Colombia",
"Ecuador",
"Mexico",
"feminine"
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"word": "reversa"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"Dominican-Republic",
"Puerto-Rico",
"feminine"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "gear",
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"common-gender"
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},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "gear",
"word": "số de"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thrust in fencing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stoccata"
}
],
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"reverse"
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"transitive"
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"transitive"
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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"word": "bootlegger reverse"
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{
"word": "reversal"
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{
"word": "reverse configure"
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{
"word": "reverse course"
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{
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{
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{
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"text": "to reverse the order of books on a shelf",
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"text": "to reverse a portion of video footage",
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"transitive"
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"English transitive verbs",
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"ref": "1672, William Temple, Essay on the Original and Nature of Government",
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"inside out"
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[
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"upside down"
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"transitive"
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"English transitive verbs"
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"To transpose the positions of two things."
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"(transitive) To transpose the positions of two things."
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"transitive"
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"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
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"text": "All trends reverse eventually.",
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"To change totally; to alter to the opposite."
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"(transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite."
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"transitive"
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{
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"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
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"glosses": [
"To return, come back."
],
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[
"return",
"return"
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[
"come back",
"come back"
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"intransitive",
"obsolete"
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"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
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"To turn away; to cause to depart."
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"obsolete",
"transitive"
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"English terms with obsolete senses",
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"To cause to return; to recall."
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"transitive"
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"en:Law"
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"text": "to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree",
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{
"ref": "2020 April 8, “Network News: Emergency timetables and the number of services cut”, in Rail, page 15",
"text": "From March 30, LNER was running around 40% of its trains and had suspended its Aberdeen, Inverness and Hull services, although it reversed the latter decision after Hull Trains suspended operations.",
"type": "quotation"
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"law",
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"revoke"
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"(law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite."
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"law"
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"en:Transport"
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{
"ref": "1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 54",
"text": "Richardson dropped into the six-foot between the two engines, ran for a few yards, grabbed Mitchell's engine, and swung himself up. Mitchell had got to his feet by this time, but he made no move. Richardson shut off steam, reversed her, and brought her to a stand.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back."
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[
"transport",
"transport"
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[
"vehicle",
"vehicle"
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"(ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back."
],
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"ergative"
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"transport"
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},
{
"categories": [
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],
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"To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa."
],
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[
"chemistry",
"chemistry"
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[
"direction",
"direction"
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[
"reaction",
"reaction"
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[
"product",
"product"
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[
"reactant",
"reactant"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa."
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Rail transportation"
],
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"To place (a set of points) in the reverse position."
],
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[
"rail transport",
"rail transport"
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[
"points",
"points"
]
],
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"(rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position."
],
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"transitive"
],
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"rail-transport",
"railways",
"transport"
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},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Rail transportation"
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"To move from the normal position to the reverse position."
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[
"rail transport",
"rail transport"
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"(rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"of points"
],
"topics": [
"rail-transport",
"railways",
"transport"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Aviation"
],
"glosses": [
"To engage reverse thrust on (an engine)."
],
"links": [
[
"aviation",
"aviation"
],
[
"reverse thrust",
"reverse thrust"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"aeronautics",
"aerospace",
"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "a. 1729, John Rogers, Conformity to the World destructive of our Happiness",
"text": "Custom […] reverses even the distinctions of good and evil.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To overthrow; to subvert."
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "reverse-engineer"
}
],
"categories": [
"English short forms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Computing"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering",
"text": "Reversing is also heavily used in connection with malicious software, on both ends of the fence: […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Christopher C. Elisan, Malware, Rootkits & Botnets: A Beginner's Guide, page 117",
"text": "[…] but in some instances where malware is proving to be difficult, reversing is needed.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Short for reverse-engineer."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"reverse-engineer",
"reverse-engineer#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) Short for reverse-engineer."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈvɜːs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈvɝs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)s"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-reverse.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/En-us-reverse.ogg/En-us-reverse.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/En-us-reverse.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obrǎštam",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "обръщам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "kääntää ympäri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "kääntää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "renverser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "umkehren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "umdrehen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "megfordít"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "aisiompaigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "invertire"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gyaku ni suru",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "逆にする"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "inverter"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "reverter"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "inversa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "răsturna"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to turn something around",
"word": "bascula"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preobrǎštam",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "преобръщам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "kääntää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "umkehren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "umdrehen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "inside out",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "kifordít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "upside down",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "felfordít"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "aisiompaigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "capovolgere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "rovesciare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "ribaltare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uragaesu",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "裏返す"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kutsugaesu",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "覆す"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "inverter"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to turn something inside out or upside down",
"word": "întoarce (pe dos)"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "vaihtaa (+ genitive plural +) paikkaa",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "megcserél"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "felcserél"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "aisiompaigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "scambiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "invertire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "commutare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uragaesu",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "裏返す"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "inverter"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to transpose the positions of two things",
"word": "inversa"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otmenjam",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "отменям"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "kumota"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "visszavon"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "érvénytelenít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "megsemmisít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "megmásít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "ribaltare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "abrogare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "revocare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "invertire"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "reverter"
},
{
"code": "rap",
"lang": "Rapa Nui",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "kume"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "revoca"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "abroga"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"word": "anula"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kasuváty",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "касува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skasuváty",
"sense": "to revoke a law",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "скасува́ти"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "reversiram",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "реверсирам"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "褪車"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "tan³ ce¹",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "褪车"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "倒車"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàochē",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "倒车"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "ajaa takaperin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "reculer"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "irányt vált"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "ellenkező irányba fordít"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "cúlaigh"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gyakushin saseru",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "逆進させる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gyakuten saseru",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "逆転させる"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "rygge"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "inversa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions",
"word": "întoarce"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obrǎštam",
"sense": "chemistry: to change the direction of a reaction",
"word": "обръщам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "chemistry: to change the direction of a reaction",
"word": "kääntää"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "chemistry: to change the direction of a reaction",
"word": "visszafordít"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "chemistry: to change the direction of a reaction",
"word": "inversa"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "rail transport, of points: to move from the normal position to the reverse position",
"word": "tolat"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "rail transport, of points: to move from the normal position to the reverse position",
"word": "inversa"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"reverse"
],
"word": "reverse"
}
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