revert
pronunciation
How to pronounce revert in British English:
UK [rɪˈvɜːt]
How to pronounce revert in American English:
US [rɪˈvɜːrt]
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- Verb:
- go back to a previous state
- undergo reversion, as in a mutation
Word Origin
- revert (v.)
- c. 1300, "to come to oneself again," from Old French revertir "return, change back," from Vulgar Latin *revertire, variant of Latin revertere "turn back, turn about; come back, return," from re- "back" (see re-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Of position or property from mid-15c.; application to customs and ideas is from 1610s.
Example
- 1. Next week I will revert to my tried-and-tested formula .
- 2. We hope that we can soon revert to an official consumer-price index for argentina .
- 3. In most companies , people will revert to their former hours after the downturn .
- 4. Stop spraying , and things would revert to normal within a couple of days .
- 5. There 's also a full revision history for each document , and authors can revert to previous edits .