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reverse noun

  /ɹɪˈvɜːs/ , /ɹɪˈvɝs/
  • The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. [from 19th c.]
 retromarcia
  • (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse. [from 17th c.]
 rovescio, tergo, testa
  • The act of going backwards; a reversal. [from 15th c.]
 a marcia indietro, in retromarcia, retromarcia
  • The opposite of something. [from 14th c.]
 al contrario, contrario, opposto
  • A piece of misfortune; a setback. [from 16th c.]
 disgrazia, rovescio, sfortuna
  • The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side. [from 18th c.]
 inversione
  • A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
 stoccata

reverse verb

  /ɹɪˈvɜːs/ , /ɹɪˈvɝs/
  • (legal) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
 abrogare, invertire, revocare, ribaltare
  • (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
 capovolgere, ribaltare, rovesciare
  • (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
  • (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.
  • (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
 commutare, invertire, scambiare
  • (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
  • (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
 invertire

reverse adjective

  /ɹɪˈvɜːs/ , /ɹɪˈvɝs/
  • Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]
 inverso, opposto, al contrario, invertito, retromarcia, ribaltato
  • (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
 inverso, opposto, al contrario, invertito, ribaltato, rovesciato

reversal

storno

reversible adjective

  /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/
  • Able to be reversed.
 reversibile

reversibility noun

  • The property of being reversible.
 reversibilità

reversed

rovesciato

reversal noun

  /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl/
  • An instance of reversing.
 inversione

reversion noun

  /ɹəˈvɚʒən/ , /ɹɪˈvɚʒən/ , /ɹɪˈvɜːʃ(ə)n̩/ , /ɹɪˈvɜːʒ(ə)n̩/
  • (property law) The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant.
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