REVERT
Dictionary entry overview: What does revert mean?
• REVERT (verb)
The verb REVERT has 2 senses:
1. go back to a previous state
2. undergo reversion, as in a mutation
Familiarity information: REVERT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REVERT (verb)
Meaning:
Go back to a previous state
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
retrovert; revert; regress; turn back; return
Context example:
We reverted to the old rules
Hypernyms (to "revert" is one way to...):
change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "revert"):
fall back; lapse; recidivate; regress; relapse; retrogress (go back to bad behavior)
resile (return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed)
go back; recover; recuperate (regain a former condition after a financial loss)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Undergo reversion, as in a mutation
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "revert" is one way to...):
mutate (undergo mutation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
