English > revert: 2 senses > verb 1, change| Meaning | Go back to a previous state. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Example | "We reverted to the old rules" |
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| Synonyms | return, retrovert, regress, turn back |
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| Narrower | recover, go back, recuperate | regain a former condition after a financial loss |
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| relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back | Go back to bad behavior |
| resile | Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed |
| Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse | change to the contrary |
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| Spanish | regresar, revertir |
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| Catalan | retornar, tornar |
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| Adjectives | reversive | tending to be turned back |
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| Nouns | reversion | returning to a former state |
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| reverting | a failure to maintain a higher state |
