Noun: reverse
| Singular | reverse |
| Plural | reverses |
Sample Sentences
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Division is the reverse of multiplication.
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The Sun doesn't orbit the Earth—quite the reverse, in fact.
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By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich. [1808, Charles Lamb, Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare:]
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And the cold truth such sad reverse did seem
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As to awake in grief from some delightful dream. [1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 192:]
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Simon Forman was notorious in his day, and was a many of many reverses. [1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 156:]
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In fact, though the Russians did not yet know it, the British had met with a reverse. [1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 309:]
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I shifted into reverse and was just about to back up when our silly cat walked behind the car! Honk honk, kitty! Get out of there!
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but first , master see thee pass thy punto , thy stock , thy reverse , thy guest [c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:]
Nouns inflected like reverse
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English revers, from Anglo-Norman revers, Middle French revers, and their source, Latin reversus, perfect passive participle of reversō, from re- + versō. Doublet of revers. See: Latin Nouns '
reversus'.