rollback
A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changesA return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
(countable, uncountable)A withdrawal of military forces.
Entzug
вы́водvývod, отво́дotvód
(countable, uncountable)An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
Near-synonyms: reversion, revert (sometimes synonymous)
Rollback, Rollback
отка́тotkát, возвра́т к нача́лу транза́кцииvozvrát k načálu tranzákcii, роллбэ́кrollbɛ́k
(countable, uncountable)The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically to carry other vehicles, for use in recovery (wrecking, salvage) or for transporting.
Near-synonym: tow truck (loosely often synonymous)
(countable, uncountable)The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
(countable, uncountable)An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
- reducing prices back to some earlier level
- the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
Translations
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Origin
The noun is a deverbal from roll back. The verb is a back-formation from the noun despiteThe noun is a deverbal from roll back. The verb is a back-formation from the noun despite being redundant to roll back.
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Forms
plural: rollbacksSynonyms
6 synonyms- the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw:push back
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable