Reversion
noun
The action of returning to a former or less developed state.
A reversion to the company's old policies created a lot of confusion.
Often appears as...
- reversion to the mean
- reversion to type
noun
A legal term meaning the right to possession starts after the end of another possession.
After the lease ends, the reversion of the property will go to the landowner.
Often appears as...
- reversion of property
- reversion of rights
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Technical
noun
In biology, it's the process of changing back to a previous state.
In this rare genetic disorder, there is a reversion of cells to a more primitive or less differentiated state.
Often appears as...
- reversion of cells
- reversion process
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Technical
noun
In finance, a theory stating that the price level will move towards the average level.
According to the theory of mean reversion, stock prices should return to their historical average over time.
Often appears as...
- mean reversion
- reversion theory
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Technical
noun
The action of returning to a former or less developed state.
A reversion to the company's old policies created a lot of confusion.
Often appears as...
- reversion to the mean
- reversion to type
noun
A legal term meaning the right to possession starts after the end of another possession.
After the lease ends, the reversion of the property will go to the landowner.
Often appears as...
- reversion of property
- reversion of rights
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In biology, it's the process of changing back to a previous state.
In this rare genetic disorder, there is a reversion of cells to a more primitive or less differentiated state.
Often appears as...
- reversion of cells
- reversion process
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In finance, a theory stating that the price level will move towards the average level.
According to the theory of mean reversion, stock prices should return to their historical average over time.
Often appears as...
- mean reversion
- reversion theory
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a setback or loss of progress, usually seen as undesirable.
His sudden reversion to smoking surprised everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Progress Implication
Don't assume 'reversion' means progress or improvement; it usually means the opposite.
The team's reversion to last season's strategy cost them the game.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Shifts
Can refer to shifts in societal behavior or trends going back to previous norms.
There's a cultural reversion towards vinyl records in music.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a setback or loss of progress, usually seen as undesirable.
His sudden reversion to smoking surprised everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Progress Implication
Don't assume 'reversion' means progress or improvement; it usually means the opposite.
The team's reversion to last season's strategy cost them the game.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Shifts
Can refer to shifts in societal behavior or trends going back to previous norms.
There's a cultural reversion towards vinyl records in music.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a setback or loss of progress, usually seen as undesirable.
His sudden reversion to smoking surprised everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Progress Implication
Don't assume 'reversion' means progress or improvement; it usually means the opposite.
The team's reversion to last season's strategy cost them the game.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Shifts
Can refer to shifts in societal behavior or trends going back to previous norms.
There's a cultural reversion towards vinyl records in music.
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Defend our freedom to...
If they break it, they will break it for everybody. That's the easy thing. That's the simple thing. The hard thing is get ready, because more is coming. SOPA is simply a reversion of COICA, which was purposed last year, which did not pass.
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Technology makes way for...
understand foreign cultures is often through film when people are making love or making war you can tell something about them this film Hong Kong made film so trilogy fantastically enormous Lee well made and was reversions of scores
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Defend our freedom to...
If they break it, they will break it for everybody. That's the easy thing. That's the simple thing. The hard thing is get ready, because more is coming. SOPA is simply a reversion of COICA, which was purposed last year, which did not pass.
Video examples
Technology makes way for...
understand foreign cultures is often through film when people are making love or making war you can tell something about them this film Hong Kong made film so trilogy fantastically enormous Lee well made and was reversions of scores
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Quote examples
James O'Shaughnessy
American Businessman
Historically, we have always seen reversion to the mean. After stocks have had an unusually great 10 or 20 years, they typically turn in subpar results over the next 10 or 20, and after bad 10- to 20-year stretches, the next 10 to 20 tend to be above average.
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John Burroughs
American Author
Emerson stands apart from the other poets and essayists of New England, and of English literature generally, as of another order. He is a reversion to an earlier type, the type of the bard, the skald, the poet-seer.
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John Hull
Mathematician
Yes, our tree has an interesting shape. The center branches reflect the shape of the zero curve. When extreme parts of the tree are reached the branching pattern changes to accommodate the mean reversion.
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Barry Ritholtz
American Author
Investors tend to discover 'hot' mutual fund managers just after a successful run and just before the inescapable force of mean reversion is about to kick in.
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Joy Reid
American Journalist
The reversion of American society to a nation of the superrich and the rest... is straining the country in ways that go way beyond economics.
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Eugene Ionesco
French Dramatist
Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.
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David Ignatius
American Journalist
American politics, like most things, is a story of what statisticians describe as the reversion to the mean.
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John Hull
Mathematician
Our starting point then was trying to find a way to incorporate mean reversion into the HoLee model.
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James O'Shaughnessy
American Businessman
Historically, we have always seen reversion to the mean. After stocks have had an unusually great 10 or 20 years, they typically turn in subpar results over the next 10 or 20, and after bad 10- to 20-year stretches, the next 10 to 20 tend to be above average.
Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
Emerson stands apart from the other poets and essayists of New England, and of English literature generally, as of another order. He is a reversion to an earlier type, the type of the bard, the skald, the poet-seer.
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John Hull
Mathematician
Yes, our tree has an interesting shape. The center branches reflect the shape of the zero curve. When extreme parts of the tree are reached the branching pattern changes to accommodate the mean reversion.
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Barry Ritholtz
American Author
Investors tend to discover 'hot' mutual fund managers just after a successful run and just before the inescapable force of mean reversion is about to kick in.
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Joy Reid
American Journalist
The reversion of American society to a nation of the superrich and the rest... is straining the country in ways that go way beyond economics.
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Eugene Ionesco
French Dramatist
Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.
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David Ignatius
American Journalist
American politics, like most things, is a story of what statisticians describe as the reversion to the mean.
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John Hull
Mathematician
Our starting point then was trying to find a way to incorporate mean reversion into the HoLee model.
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