[
  {
    "word": "reverse",
    "phonetic": "/\u0279\u026a\u02c8v\u025c\u02d0s/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0279\u026a\u02c8v\u025c\u02d0s/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/reverse-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=631195",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The opposite of something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We believed the Chinese weren't ready for us. In fact, the reverse was true."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act of going backwards; a reversal.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A piece of misfortune; a setback.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to reverse a portion of video footage"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To turn something inside out or upside down.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To transpose the positions of two things.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To change totally; to alter to the opposite.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To return, come back.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To turn away; to cause to depart.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause to return; to recall.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To place a set of points in the reverse position",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To overthrow; to subvert.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "normalise",
          "normalize",
          "unreverse"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He selected reverse gear."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Reversed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a reverse shell"
          },
          {
            "definition": "In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "normal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reverse"
    ]
  }
]