Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.

  2. 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

  3. (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

  4. (countable, uncountable)The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.

  5. (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)

  6. (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.

  7. (countable, uncountable)An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.

More definitions
  • reducing prices back to some earlier level
  • the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
withdrawal of military forces:
(computing) operation to return the database to the previous commit point:
return to a prior state:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
withdrawal of military forces:
(computing) operation to return the database to the previous commit point:

Origin

The noun is a deverbal from roll back. The verb is a back-formation from the noun despite

The 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: rollbacks
Singularrollback
Pluralrollbacks

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
reversionrevertslide truckregime changetow truck[Appendix:Glossary
Close in meaning
  • the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw:push back

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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