1 : something directly opposite to something else 2 : an act or instance of reversing especially : a change for the worse 3 : the back part of something

REVERSING definition: 1. present participle of reverse 2. to change the direction, order, position, result, etc. of…. Learn more.

To cause to adopt a contrary viewpoint: reversed himself during the campaign.

a mechanism, etc. for reversing, as a gear arrangement in a transmission that causes a machine, motor vehicle, etc. to run backward or in the opposite direction

reversed, reversing to turn in an opposite position; transpose. The printer accidently reversed two chapters of the book. to turn in the opposite direction; send on the opposite course. to turn inside out …

To reverse means to turn back, take the opposite direction, go the other way. Many things can be reversed: you can reverse a decision, you can reverse a car — by putting it in the gear called "reverse."

[transitive] reverse something to change something completely so that it is the opposite of what it was before. Falling birth rates may reverse the trend towards early retirement. The government has failed …

re•verse /rɪˈvɜrs/ adj., n., v., -versed, -vers•ing. opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, etc.: to arrange the names in reverse order. with the back toward the observer: the reverse side of a fabric.

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Used when describing the action of moving backward or changing direction to the opposite. Commonly used in driving, programming, or reversing decisions.