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verb /rɪ'vɝt/
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revert to somebody/something (phrasal verb)
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to change back to a situation that existed in the past SYN go back to.
to go back or return to (an earlier state, condition, situation, etc.).
to return to a former state; to start doing sth again that you used to do in the past.
to return to doing, using, being or referring to something, usually something bad or less satisfactory.
to return to a previous state or way of behaving, often one that is not good.
When people or things revert to a previous state, system, or type of behaviour, they go back to it.
If you revert to your usual language, you start using that language again.[LITERARY].
The city reverted to its former name of St Petersburg.
After a few weeks, everything reverted to normal.
She has reverted (back) to her old habits.
My blood pressure has reverted to normal. [=has returned to normal; has become normal again]
After playing badly in the last two games, he seems to have reverted to form. [=he is now playing as well as he usually does]
(chiefly Brit) After this one atypical comedy, will he revert to type [=will he do what he usually does] in his next film? [atypical = adjective, /'e'tɪpɪkl/, not typical or usual]
After her divorce she reverted to her maiden name. [maiden /'medn/]
His manner seems to have reverted to normal.
Try not to revert to your old eating habits.
He reverted to his native language (= started using it again).
The house was a school for a while, but has reverted to being a private house.
The area has reverted back to a wilderness.
For a while the children behaved well but they soon reverted to type(= returned to their usual ways).
When they divorced, she reverted to using her maiden name.
If you revert to your old eating habits, you’ll gain weight again.
The house reverted to its former state of disrepair.
Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily.
After all these years she had reverted to her Veneto dialect and nobody could understand what she was saying.
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to return to an earlier subject of conversation SYN go back to.
to return to an earlier topic or subject.
to start talking about something that you were talking about earlier.
When someone reverts to a previous topic, they start talking or thinking about it again.[WRITTEN].
To revert to the question of exams, I’d like to explain further.
So, to revert to your earlier questio.
The conversation kept reverting to the events of March 6th.
Why does the conversation have to revert to money every five minutes?
Sensing her uneasiness, Joseph reverted to their discussion about the weather.
In the car she reverted to the subject uppermost in her mind. `You know, I really believe what Gran told you.'
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revert to type
to start behaving in your normal way again after appearing to change.
If you say that someone has reverted to type, you mean that they are now behaving as you would expect them to, after having behaved in an unexpected and better way.
Once he’s had a girlfriend for a week or two, he reverts to type and starts chasing other girls.
He was adamant that this setback does not mean he has reverted to type. [adamant = adjective, /'ædəmənt/, determined not to change your opinion or a decision that you have made. ] [setback = noun, /'sɛtbæk/, a problem that delays or prevents progress, or makes things worse than they were.]
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(law) if land or a building reverts to its former owner, it becomes their property again.
(law) to be given to (a former owner or a former owner's heir).
to become the property of a particular person again.
(legal) if property reverts to its previous owner, it is returned to that owner.
If property, rights, or money revert to someone, they become that person's again after someone else has had them for a period of time.[LEGAL]
The estate reverted to a distant cousin.
When I die, the house will revert to my sister.
When the lease ends, the property reverts to the freeholder. [lease = noun, /lis/, a legal agreement which allows you to use a building, car etc for a period of time, in return for rent. a legal agreement that lets someone use a car, house, etc., for a period of time in return for payment.]
reversion noun /rɪ'vɝʒən/
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a return to a former condition or habit.
an act or process of returning to an earlier condition or state - usually + to
the act or process of returning to a former state or condition.
a change back to a previous and often worse condition.
an act of returning to an earlier state.
A reversion to a previous state, system, or kind of behaviour is a change back to it. Syn: return.
reversion to
the country’s reversion to a traditional monarchy
a reversion to a primitive state.
a reversion to old customs/habits.
His photos document the land's reversion to swamp.
a reversion to traditional farming methods.
The new procedures are being seen as a reversion to old, inefficient ways of working.
These changes are a reversion to an earlier weather pattern.
This is a reversion to the system under which the Royals were paid for nearly 200 years.
a reversion to the emotions of her baby years.
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(law) the return of property to a former owner.
the returning of property to a former owner or to a person who received the right to it when the former owner died.
the return of land or property to sb.
(legal) a return of something to its previous owner.
(legal) the process by which a place returns to a previous owner or government.
The reversion of land or property to a person, family, or country is the return to them of the ownership or control of the land or property.[LEGAL]
the reversion of the estate.
the reversion of Hong Kong to China
after the reversion of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. [sovereignty = noun, /'sɑvrənti/, 1). complete freedom and power to govern. 2). the power that an independent country has to govern itself]