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the reverse direction. What appears on the retina is a reverse
image, which the brain inverts.
--v. 2 invert, overturn, turn upside down, turn topsy-turvy,
turn over, up-end; exchange, change, interchange, transpose:
Using your finger to keep the mercury from running out, reverse
the tube in the dish of mercury. Perhaps the car will start if
you reverse the leads to the battery. 3 overturn, overthrow,
upset, set aside, quash, override, annul, nullify, vacate,
abandon, revoke, negate, veto, declare null and void, disaffirm,
invalidate, cancel, repeal, rescind, overrule, countermand,
undo: The superior tribunal reversed the decision of the
lower-court judge. 4 alter, change, modify; renounce, recant,
take back: Reverse the polarity of the wiring. I reversed my
opinion after hearing her sing. 5 back up, move or go backwards
or US also backward, backtrack, Nautical make sternway: You
will be in the right spot if you reverse a yard or two.
--n. 6 opposite, contrary, converse, antithesis: Whatever she
tells you, I suggest you do the reverse. 7 back, rear, wrong
side, verso, underside; flip side, B-side; tail side: Read what
it says on the reverse. 8 set-back, disappointment, misfortune,
reversal, mishap, misadventure, trouble, problem, difficulty,
vicissitude, adversity, defeat; disaster, catastrophe, d‚bacle,
rout, Colloq washout: We suffered a temporary reverse or two in
business, but we're all right now. United suffered a humiliating
reverse against Wanderers in the cup last week.
revert v. return, come or go back, take or pick up again, lapse,
backslide, regress, relapse, retreat: He reverted to his old
beliefs about male superiority.
review v. 1 survey, examine, regard, look at, study, con, consider,
weigh, inspect, look over, scrutinize: Would you be good enough
to review the work of the new employees? She is coming to
review the troops this weekend. 2 re-examine, reconsider, go
over again, look at or over again, reassess: Billings reviewed
once more all the bad things he had done in his lifetime. 3
criticize, critique, assess, judge, evaluate, give one's opinion
of, comment on or upon, discuss: Who reviewed your latest book?
--n. 4 criticism, critique, review article, assessment,
judgement, evaluation, commentary, study, comment, notice: The