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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
reverse
/ɹɪˈvɜːs/
verb1 of 2
to go in the opposite direction
- “The reverse will not always turn out to be true.”Tatoeba
- “The reverse will not necessarily turn out to be true.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
The opposite of something.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)