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How to pronounce “reverse gear”
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Pronunciation guide for reverse gear
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of reverse gear with real speech in context.
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- Ultimate Hiking Gear & Skills Clinic
- Definition summary
- (automotive) A gear (setting) in a vehicle's transmission which, when selected, makes the vehicle move backward. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
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How to pronounce reverse gear
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A Deep Dive Into “reverse gear”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (automotive) A gear (setting) in a vehicle's transmission which, when selected, makes the vehicle move backward. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
- (mechanical engineering) A gear fitted to a machine which allows it to run in the direction opposite to normal operation.
- (figurative) A backward movement; a retreating from a goal; an undoing progress instead of moving forward.
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