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noun
- The opposite of front.
- The opposite of forward.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
- The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
Translations: - French: marche arrière
- Italian: retromarcia
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verb (revers, ing)
- (intransitive) To turn around, go in the opposite direction.
Translations: - French: faire marche arrière
adjective
- 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.
- Causing movement in the opposite direction.
- He selected gear.
Translations: - French: inverse, revers, l'envers, le verso
Etymology: From revers, from reversus ((past participle of, revertere))
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