Question 1 · Quick check
revert
CEFRB2
/ɹɪˈvɝt/
verb · noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To return to an earlier condition, habit, or subject.
- 02
verb
Extra detailA convert to Islam.
Examples
Felix went to a psychic to help him revert that curse.
The situation will soon revert to the way things were before.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ɹiˈvɝt/
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningOne who reverts to that religion which one had adhered to before having converted to another.
noun
Extra meaningsOne who, or that which, reverts.
The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state.
More examples
In contextSometimes a publisher will automatically revert rights back to an author once a book has gone out of print.
We've found that git reverts are at least an order of magnitude faster than SVN reverse merges.
When a book goes out of print, rights revert from the publisher to the author.
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Quick test
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Origin
verb
From Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertiō, variant of Latin revertō.