/ɹɪvɚˈts/ - [riverts] -
We found 3 definitions of reverts from 2 different sources.
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revert - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" | ||
return, retrovert, regress, turn back | ||
change by reversal, reverse, turn change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" | ||
recidivate, relapse, retrogress, regress, fall back, lapse go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" | ||
resile return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile" | ||
go back, recuperate, recover get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" | ||
revert - undergo reversion, as in a mutation | ||
mutate undergo mutation; "cells mutate" |