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Adjective Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction. [from 14th c.] Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.] (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed. (botany) Reversed. (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template. Adverb (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; upside-down. [from 14th c.] Noun The opposite of something. [from 14th c.] The act of going backwards; a reversal. [from 15th c.] A piece of misfortune; a setback. [from 16th c.] The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse. [from 17th c.] The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side. [from 18th c.] The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. [from 19th c.] A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke. (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed. Verb (intransitive) To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction. (intransitive) To turn something inside out or upside down. (intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things. (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite. (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back. (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall. (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite. (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal. (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa. (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position To overthrow; to subvert. Find more words! 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