Inverse - English meaning

noun

A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

Usage examples:

Love is the antithesis of selfishness

noun

The exact opposite

Usage examples:

She is slim and shy - the very antithesis of her sister., he is the exact antithesis of what i find…

noun

A difference or opposition between two things

Usage examples:

Thanks to the collapse of communism the political antithesis between left and right is less importa…

adjective

Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible.

Usage examples:

People whose religious beliefs are antithetical to mine

adjective

Exactly the opposite of someone or something or of each other

Usage examples:

The idea that science is antithetical to the arts is wrong., birth and death are antithetical., in …

adjective

Very different from and in opposition to someone or something or each other

Usage examples:

In her view, elite sports are actually antithetical to healthy living., it's fascinating to wonder …

adjective

Opposite in nature, direction, or meaning.

Usage examples:

He ignored contrary advice and agreed on the deal

noun

The opposite.

Usage examples:

An act applies only to the united kingdom unless the contrary is expressed

noun

A fact or opinion that is the opposite of one already stated

Usage examples:

We expected the play to be a bore, but the contrary was true., most people supported the proposal, …

verb

Engage in conversation.

Usage examples:

She was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother

noun

Conversation.

Usage examples:

His converse at such seasons was always elevating

adjective

Having characteristics which are the reverse of something else already mentioned.

Usage examples:

The only mode of change will be the slow process of growth and the converse process of decay

noun

A long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria.

Usage examples:

Having eaten these we were hard pressed to ignore the shop counter as we departed.

verb

Speak or act in opposition to.

Usage examples:

The second argument is more difficult to counter

adverb

In the opposite direction or in opposition to.

Usage examples:

His writing ran counter to the dominant trends of the decade

verb

Put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement.

Usage examples:

Invert the mousse on to a serving plate

adjective

Placed or lying upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement from usual.

Usage examples:

Press into an inverted u shape

adjective

(of a chord or interval) altered by the transposition of a note or notes into a higher (or lower) octave.

Usage examples:

An inverted fifth chord

noun

The side of a coin or medal bearing the head or principal design.

Usage examples:

It was no wonder that this minting machine was chosen as part of the design for the obverse of the …

adjective

Of or denoting the obverse of a coin or medal.

Usage examples:

The designs of the medals are based on a traditional style that includes a generic obverse side, ba…

adjective

Situated on the other or further side when seen from a specified or implicit viewpoint; facing.

Usage examples:

A crowd gathered on the opposite side of the street

noun

A person or thing that is totally different from or the reverse of someone or something else.

Usage examples:

We were opposites in temperament

adverb

In a position facing a specified or implied subject.

Usage examples:

She was sitting almost opposite

idiom

A different way of considering a situation, making it seem either better or worse than it did originally

Usage examples:

I like having a white car, but the other side of the coin is that it soon gets dirty.

adjective

(of the uterus) tilted abnormally backwards.

Usage examples:

A retroverted, easily mobile uterus can usually be easily manipulated during surgery, but a fixed u…

adjective

(of a body part) sloping backwards

Usage examples:

In most cases, a retroverted uterus doesn't interfere with pregnancy., of the 195 hips operated on,…

verb

Move backwards.

Usage examples:

The lorry reversed into the back of a bus

adjective

Going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated.

Usage examples:

The trend appears to be going in the reverse direction

noun

A complete change of direction or action.

Usage examples:

The gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis

adjective

Turned the other way round or up or inside out.

Usage examples:

A reversed s-shape

verb

Move backwards.

Usage examples:

The lorry reversed into the back of a bus

verb

Past simple and past participle of reverse

Usage examples:

The new manager hoped to reverse the decline in the company's fortunes., now that you have a job an…

verb

Cause (two or more things) to exchange places.

Usage examples:

The situation might have been the same if the parties in opposition and government had been transpo…

noun

A matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging each row and the corresponding column.

Usage examples:

The new matrix is called the transpose of a

verb

Past simple and past participle of transpose

Usage examples:

In their latest production they have reworked "king lear", transposing it to pre-colonial africa., …