revert Antonyms
Meaning of revert
revert (v)
go back to a previous state
undergo reversion, as in a mutation
revert (v. t.)
To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
To change back. See Revert, v. i.
revert (v. i.)
To return; to come back.
To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.
revert (n.)
One who, or that which, reverts.
revert Sentence Examples
- After the experiment, the chemical reaction reverted to its original state.
- The politician's comments reverted to the same divisive rhetoric he had used in the past.
- The software update caused the program to revert to an earlier version.
- The prodigal son had finally reverted to his old sinful ways.
- The company's financial situation reverted to its pre-recession state.
- The weather forecast predicts that the temperature will revert to normal this weekend.
- The artist's style reverted to his more traditional approach in his later works.
- The stolen painting was eventually recovered and reverted to its rightful owner.
- The government implemented new policies that reverted the country to an isolationist stance.
- The professor's lecture reverted to a discussion of abstract philosophy.
FAQs About the word revert
go back to a previous state, undergo reversion, as in a mutationTo turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse., To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate., To ch
return,regress, decline, degenerate, backslide, lapse, ebb, worsen, fall, relapse
develop, evolve, advance, advance, evolve,develop,grow, mature, progress, progress
After the experiment, the chemical reaction reverted to its original state.
The politician's comments reverted to the same divisive rhetoric he had used in the past.
The software update caused the program to revert to an earlier version.
The prodigal son had finally reverted to his old sinful ways.
