reverse
part of speech
verb (reverse, reverses, reversed, reversing); noun (the reverse, reverse); adjective (reverse)
meaning for a pupil
1) To reverse means to go backwards, especially in a car. tree →
2) To reverse something means to turn it the other way round or change it to the opposite («reverse the order», «reverse a decision»). tree →
3) The reverse is the opposite («It's the reverse of what I expected»). tree →
4) Reverse is the gear that makes a car go backwards. tree →
5) The reverse of a coin or page is its back side. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah and the Prophets it means to turn back or undo something. When God says "who can reverse it?" or "I will not reverse it," He means no one can undo what He has decided. Interpretation: The rabbis read these verses as showing that God's decrees stand. Amos says God will not turn back the punishment of nations that did great wrongs. In the primary lessons: In maths «reverse» means doing the opposite operation (inverse): adding reverses subtracting, and you can check answers by reversing; «reverse order» is backwards order. In science some changes are reversible (melting ice) and some are not (burning). In road safety a reversing car may not see children, so never stand behind one. Phrases: «in reverse», «reverse order», «reversing lights», «quite the reverse».
examples
- In my opinion, the sexagesimal position originated from the decimal position, and not the reverse ; for the earliest abacus, which was doubtless based on a decimal position, is older than the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Yea, since the day was I am He, and there is none that can deliver out of My hand; I will work, and who can reverse it? (Prophets ISA.43.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- For thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they have threshed Gilead with sledges of iron. (Prophets AMO.1.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. (Prophets AMO.2.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Dad reversed the car into the parking space. tree →
- Never walk behind a car that is reversing. tree →
- Say the alphabet in reverse order. tree →
- Subtraction reverses addition. tree →
- The referee reversed his decision. tree →
- Put the car in reverse to go backwards. tree →
- Write your name on the reverse of the drawing. tree →
- I thought she was angry, but it was the reverse: she was pleased. tree →
- "Those that are wet must be mine," thought he; but he thought wrong, it was just the reverse. tree →
note
Spelling: «reverse», past «reversed». Adjective «reversible» (can be changed back). In maths problems, «reverse» often means work backwards: if «add 5» gave 12, reverse it by subtracting 5 to get 7. Safety: reversing lights (white) show a car is about to move backwards.
In the corpora
- A driver reversing out of a driveway or a parking space may not see a child behind the car.
- You stay well away from a big machine that is reversing, because the driver cannot see you.
- It looks real, but a reverse image search shows it was edited from an old picture.
- Edited and fake photos often spread after big events; an adult can help with a reverse image search.
- Many claims can be checked: team lists online, a phone call to a parent, a reverse image search for a photo.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «reverse» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.