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noun 
  1. The opposite of front.
  2. The opposite of forward.
  3. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
  4. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
verb (revers, ing)
  1. (intransitive) To turn around, go in the opposite direction.
adjective 
  1. Having the order of its constituents moved backwards in time or space.
We ate the meal in order with the dessert first and ending with the starter.
The mirror showed us a view of the scene.
  1. Causing movement in the opposite direction.
He selected gear.
Etymology: From revers, from reversus ((past participle of, revertere))

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