revert
To throw back; to reflect; to reverberateTo throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
» This should be reverted back to the original.
Das sollte in den Originalzustand zurückversetzt werden.
Нужно вернуть это в исходное состояние.
Meaning
16 sensesTo throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
(transitive)To cause to return to a former condition.
вернутьvernutʹ
(transitive)To reverse (a change).
(transitive)To reverse a change made by (a person).
(intransitive)To return to the possession of.
When a book goes out of print, rights revert from the publisher to the author.
To return to the possession of.
(intransitive)Of an estate: To return to its former owner, or to his or her heirs, when a grant comes to an end.
(transitive)To cause (a property or rights) to return to the previous owner.
Sometimes a publisher will automatically revert rights back to an author once a book has gone out of print.
вернутьvernutʹ
(intransitive)To return to a former practice, condition, belief, etc.
(intransitive)To return to an earlier or primitive type or state; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
деградироватьdegradirovatʹ
(intransitive)To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse.
Phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.
(intransitive, nonstandard)To take up again or return to a previous topic.
(intransitive)To convert to Islam.
Examples
10 sentencesThis should be reverted back to the original.
ruНужно вернуть это в исходное состояние.
deDas sollte in den Originalzustand zurückversetzt werden.
The situation will soon revert to the way things were before.
deDie Lage wird bald in den Ursprungszustand zurückkehren.
Felix went to a psychic to help him revert that curse.
Tom reverted to type.
Late-stage dementia sufferers whose first language isn't English often revert back to their native language as their condition worsens.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 1
Origin
From Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertiō, variant of Latin revertō.From Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertiō, variant of Latin revertō.
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Forms
reverts, reverting, reverted, revertedSynonyms
19 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle