reverse
verb
1 verb move in opposite direction TRANSITIVEiompaigh droim ar ais the middle lane can be reversed is féidir an lána láir a chur ar mhalairt treothe chain suddenly reversed direction thosaigh an slabhra ag dul sa treo contrártha go tobann 2 verb develop in opposite way TRANSITIVEcas thart tiontaigh thart the trend has been reversed a mhalairt de threocht atá anois annthey wish to reverse the decline of recent years tá siad ag iarraidh an meath a bhí ann le blianta anuas a chur ina cheart aríshis sending off reversed the flow of the game d'athraigh scéal an chluiche ar fad nuair a cuireadh den pháirc éTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb LAW overturn (decision etc) TRANSITIVEfreaschuir technical term verb malartaigh verb the ruling has been reversed rinneadh an rialú a fhreaschurthe board has reversed its decision tá an bord tar éis athchinneadh a dhéanamh, tá an bord tar éis teacht ar mhalairt cinnidh 4 verb (US) POL change position TRANSITIVEthey reversed themselves rinne siad athchinneadh, rinne siad athchomhairle 5 verb exchange (roles, positions) TRANSITIVEmalartaigh verb the roles will be reversed beidh malairt ról ann, malartófar na róil 6 verb TRANSP of vehicle, driver 7 verb turn (image etc) backwards TRANSITIVEcas timpeall tiontaigh thart iompaigh droim ar ais
noun
8 noun opposite of what wasathrú masc a complete policy reverse athrú iomlán polasaí, dearbhmhalairt polasaíthe reverse in population decline an t-athrú ar an titim sa daonra 9 noun TRANSP geargiar cúlaitheI put her into reverse chuir mé sa ghiar cúlaithe í 10 noun TRANSP backward movementcúlú masc 11 noun setback, defeatcéim ar gcúlthe result is a serious reverse for the government is buille trom don rialtas é an toradhthey suffered a reverse of fortune bhuail an mí-ádh iadthat's their third reverse in as many matches sin trí chailliúint as a chéile acuadjective
12 adjective moving backwardscúl- prefar gcúl reverse motion cúlghluaiseacht fem3reverse pass cúlphas masc4 13 adjective oppositedroim ar ais in reverse order in ord cúlaitheach, droim ar aisin the reverse order ina mhalairt d'ord, san ord contrártha 14 adjective of image etc: turned backwardsdroim ar ais aisiompaithe adj3