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Revert Common

Revert has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

One who, or that which, reverts.

"The old estate reverted to my grandmother's family after the long line of heirs died out without children."

Verb
1

go back to a previous state

"We reverted to the old rules"

2

undergo reversion, as in a mutation

"The DNA sequence didn't just stay mutated; it reverted back to its original form after the cell repaired itself."

3

To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to reverse.

"After months of progress toward peace, tensions caused the fragile agreement to revert quickly."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change by reversal mutate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
relapse resile recover
Rhyming Words
ert bert sert pert cert mert wert vert gert tert snert inert alert apert geert evert udert overt chert ebert
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