reverse

«reverse» in Mova's school dictionary: to go backwards, especially in a car — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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.