Reverse in a sentence as a noun

I transfer the bitcoin to the vendor, who then does the reverse transaction.

It's inevitable people will reverse engineer the client, as was done with MSN, Y!

"The only way to reverse a community’s greed is through generosity.

Reverse in a sentence as a verb

While you should be who you are, if you only define yourself in how weird you are compared to others you're doing the same thing, only in reverse.

It was also annoying in past versions when you had to declare no gradients, or reverse engineer things to lose the "default theme".

Please note: this is not an attempt to clean-room reverse engineer Skype, or even to reverse engineer and create an open-source replacement.

Reverse in a sentence as an adjective

This is the result of a standards process running in reverse: first the specifications, then the implementation.

It could be that you're not using Nginx to reverse proxy to Apache and you think you need more apache children/processes, and therefore more memory, than you actually do.

For another instance, consider reverseWords = unwords .

Reverse definitions

noun

a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"

See also: contrary opposite

noun

the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

noun

an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

See also: reversal setback blow

noun

the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

See also: verso

noun

(American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction

noun

turning in the opposite direction

See also: reversion reversal turnabout turnaround

verb

change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

See also: turn

verb

turn inside out or upside down

See also: invert

verb

rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

See also: overrule overturn override overthrow

verb

cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

See also: revoke annul lift countermand repeal overturn rescind vacate

verb

reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"

See also: invert

adjective

directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"

See also: rearward

adjective

of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear"

adjective

reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

See also: inverse