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reverse [rɪ'vɜ:s]marche arrière ⇒ 1 (a) contraire ⇒ 1 (b) envers ⇒ 1 (c) revers ⇒ 1 (c), 1 (d) échec ⇒ 1 (d) inverse ⇒ 2 renverser ⇒ 3 (a) retourner ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (b) inverser ⇒ 3 (a) mettre en/faire marche arrière ⇒ 3 (d)1 noun∎ in reverse en marche arrière;∎ he put the bus into reverse le conducteur de l'autobus passa en marche arrière;∎ figurative the company's fortunes are going into reverse l'entreprise connaît actuellement un revers de fortune(b) (contrary) contraire m, inverse m, opposé m;∎ unfortunately, the reverse is true malheureusement, c'est le contraire qui est vrai;∎ did you enjoy it? - quite the reverse cela vous a-t-il plu? - pas du tout;∎ she is the reverse of shy elle est tout sauf timide;∎ try to do the same thing in reverse essayez de faire la même chose dans l'ordre inverse(c) (other side → of cloth, leaf) envers m; (→ of sheet of paper) verso m; (→ of coin, medal) revers m∎ to suffer a reverse essuyer un revers de fortune; (be defeated) essuyer un échec;∎ his condition has suffered a reverse il a rechuté(e) Typography noir m au blanc;∎ in reverse inversé (en noir au blanc)(opposite, contrary) inverse, contraire, opposé; (turned around) inversé;∎ we are now experiencing the reverse trend actuellement, c'est l'inverse qui se produit;∎ in reverse order dans l'ordre inverse;∎ in the reverse direction en sens inverse;∎ the reverse side (of cloth, leaf) l'envers; (of sheet of paper) le verso; (of coin, medal) le revers(a) (change → process, trend) renverser; (→ situation) retourner; (→ order, roles, decline) inverser;∎ this could reverse the effects of all our policies ceci pourrait annuler les effets de toute notre politique;∎ the unions have reversed their policy les syndicats ont fait volte-face;∎ I had to reverse my opinion of him j'ai dû réviser complètement l'opinion que j'avais de lui;∎ it reversed all our plans cela a bouleversé tous nos projets;∎ Military to reverse arms renverser les fusils;∎ Technology to reverse steam renverser la vapeur∎ this lever reverses the belt ce levier permet d'inverser la marche de la courroie;∎ she reversed the car up the street/out of the garage elle remonta la rue/elle sortit du garage en marche arrière;∎ he reversed the truck into a lamppost en faisant marche arrière avec le camion, il est rentré dans un réverbère∎ to reverse the charges appeler en PCV, faire un appel en PCV;∎ she always reverses the charges when she phones her parents elle appelle toujours ses parents en PCV∎ reversed out inversé (en noir au blanc)Cars (car, driver) faire marche arrière;∎ she reversed up the street elle remonta la rue en marche arrière;∎ the driver in front reversed into me la voiture qui était devant moi m'est rentrée dedans en marche arrière►► Television & Cinema reverse cut contrechamp m;reverse discrimination = discrimination à l'encontre d'un groupe normalement privilégié;reverse engineering ingénierie f inverse;Accountancy reverse entry écriture f inverse;Cars reverse gear marche f arrière;Computing reverse mode inversion f vidéo;Stock Exchange reverse repo operation opération f de mise en pension;Computing reverse slash barre f oblique inversée;Computing reverse sort tri m en ordre décroissant;Finance reverse takeover contre-OPA f;Aviation reverse thrust poussée f inversée;Biology reverse transcriptase transcriptase f inverse;Cars reverse turn virage m en marche arrière;∎ to do or to make a reverse turn faire un virage en marche arrière;reverse video vidéo f inverseTypography inverser
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