Revert
verb
To go back to a previous state or action.
If the system fails, it will automatically revert to a safe mode.
verb
The act of returning something to its previous owner.
Upon her death, the property will revert to the state.
Often appears as...
- revert to the owner
- revert to the original state
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Formal
Technical
verb
In computing, to return to a previous version of something.
If the update causes issues, you can revert to the previous version of the software.
Often appears as...
- revert to previous version
- revert changes
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Technical
verb
In biology, to return to an earlier stage of development.
Some simple organisms can revert to a juvenile form under certain conditions.
Often appears as...
- revert to juvenile form
- revert to earlier stage
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Formal
Academic
verb
To go back to a previous state or action.
If the system fails, it will automatically revert to a safe mode.
verb
The act of returning something to its previous owner.
Upon her death, the property will revert to the state.
Often appears as...
- revert to the owner
- revert to the original state
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
In computing, to return to a previous version of something.
If the update causes issues, you can revert to the previous version of the software.
Often appears as...
- revert to previous version
- revert changes
Usage tips
Technical
verb
In biology, to return to an earlier stage of development.
Some simple organisms can revert to a juvenile form under certain conditions.
Often appears as...
- revert to juvenile form
- revert to earlier stage
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Temporary Change
Use 'revert' when a change is not permanent and expected to return to how things were before.
The policy change caused confusion so we reverted to our original guidelines.
Pro Tip 2/2Automatic Process
'Revert' often suggests an action happens without manual intervention, especially in technology.
The device will revert to factory settings after the reset.
Pro Tip 1/2Temporary Change
Use 'revert' when a change is not permanent and expected to return to how things were before.
The policy change caused confusion so we reverted to our original guidelines.
Pro Tip 2/2Automatic Process
'Revert' often suggests an action happens without manual intervention, especially in technology.
The device will revert to factory settings after the reset.
Pro Tip 1/2Temporary Change
Use 'revert' when a change is not permanent and expected to return to how things were before.
The policy change caused confusion so we reverted to our original guidelines.
Pro Tip 2/2Automatic Process
'Revert' often suggests an action happens without manual intervention, especially in technology.
The device will revert to factory settings after the reset.
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Daniel Kraft: How...
Telemedicine visits are up on the order of a thousand percent in many settings. And I don't think we'll ever revert to pre-COVID levels as patients and clinicians are discovering the compelling convenience and efficacy. Even before virtual zoom or facetime with the clinician, asynchronous screening and support has been provided
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The Triumph and Tragedy...
when they said to you it's because of your family that we're all living here i think what they meant was because your grandfather refused to sell the land or swap the list everyone who had lived there and had worked that land were allowed to stay and the land reverted to them into the
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Why the universe seems...
the next phase in an escalating cycle of counter-revenge, which we see, of course, all over the world today. In short, when we're thinking like academics, we regard people as elaborate and complicated machines, like computers or cars. But when we revert to being human,
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It’s time to embrace our...
wandering through the wasteland at the South Bronx had become where it really seemed possible that all of America's older cities would revert back to some Planet of the Apes like wielder Latin wilderness that could take over once urban spaces this wasn't just an issue
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Why the metric system...
its legacy endured far longer. Some European countries reverted to old measurements upon independence. Others realized the value of standardization in an age of international trade. After Portugal and the Netherlands switched to metric voluntarily,
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Rachel Sussman: The...
However, it died in the lab as they were determining its age. The most interesting discovery of late, I think is the so-called immortal jellyfish, which has actually been observed in the lab to be able to be able to revert back to the polyp state
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Paul Collier's new rules...
What is a distinctive approach to generating jobs in post-conflict situations? And why are jobs so important? Jobs for whom? Especially jobs for young men. In post-conflict situations, the reason that they so often revert to conflict,
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Why you should love...
so we revert to our own heuristics, our own biases about how many people we think own their own homes. Now the truth is, when we published this quiz, the census data that it's based on was already a few years old.
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See How Life Has Changed...
World War two in Europe than we do of our own history so for me this is amazing to see how far we've gone queit has progressed so much even if we revert to the way things were configured we're not going
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George Papandreou:...
in the orthodoxy of austerity. Instead of reaching out to the common or the collective wisdom in our societies, investing in it to find more creative solutions, we reverted to political posturing.
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Daniel Kraft: How...
Telemedicine visits are up on the order of a thousand percent in many settings. And I don't think we'll ever revert to pre-COVID levels as patients and clinicians are discovering the compelling convenience and efficacy. Even before virtual zoom or facetime with the clinician, asynchronous screening and support has been provided
Video examples
The Triumph and Tragedy...
when they said to you it's because of your family that we're all living here i think what they meant was because your grandfather refused to sell the land or swap the list everyone who had lived there and had worked that land were allowed to stay and the land reverted to them into the
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
the next phase in an escalating cycle of counter-revenge, which we see, of course, all over the world today. In short, when we're thinking like academics, we regard people as elaborate and complicated machines, like computers or cars. But when we revert to being human,
Video examples
It’s time to embrace our...
wandering through the wasteland at the South Bronx had become where it really seemed possible that all of America's older cities would revert back to some Planet of the Apes like wielder Latin wilderness that could take over once urban spaces this wasn't just an issue
Video examples
Why the metric system...
its legacy endured far longer. Some European countries reverted to old measurements upon independence. Others realized the value of standardization in an age of international trade. After Portugal and the Netherlands switched to metric voluntarily,
Video examples
Rachel Sussman: The...
However, it died in the lab as they were determining its age. The most interesting discovery of late, I think is the so-called immortal jellyfish, which has actually been observed in the lab to be able to be able to revert back to the polyp state
Video examples
Paul Collier's new rules...
What is a distinctive approach to generating jobs in post-conflict situations? And why are jobs so important? Jobs for whom? Especially jobs for young men. In post-conflict situations, the reason that they so often revert to conflict,
Video examples
Why you should love...
so we revert to our own heuristics, our own biases about how many people we think own their own homes. Now the truth is, when we published this quiz, the census data that it's based on was already a few years old.
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See How Life Has Changed...
World War two in Europe than we do of our own history so for me this is amazing to see how far we've gone queit has progressed so much even if we revert to the way things were configured we're not going
Video examples
George Papandreou:...
in the orthodoxy of austerity. Instead of reaching out to the common or the collective wisdom in our societies, investing in it to find more creative solutions, we reverted to political posturing.
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David Starkey
English Historian
I tend to be a bit of a proselytiser for the importance of royal courts, but all politics - in fact every form of human organisation, and this is something that's so dreadful for all those brought up in the 60s - naturally reverts to monarchy. Newspapers have editors, companies have chief executives.
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Thomas A. Steitz
American Scientist
Bacteria evolve, and so they become resistant to existing drugs. Sometimes they revert, depending on how damaging the mutation is to the life cycle of the bacteria. Mutations that give rise to resistance against particular compounds do increase, and that is why you constantly have to have new ones.
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Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysian Politician
We can go into the Chinese market, develop the engine, new models of cars. Proton can compete. What is the point of giving the company to foreigners? It will revert to the same situation where foreigners just assemble their cars here. We learn nothing.
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Rebecca Solnit
American Writer
Panic is rare, looting is essentially insignificant, people are not terrified and trampling each other to flee from a disaster scene, but in fact are trying to manage a situation. We may in fact revert to some sort of primordial civility.
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Esperanza Spalding
American Musician
I love people, and I love to be with people and to make music with people, but my natural state is to revert back to being by myself in my house, which is cool because that's where I practice and write and listen and study.
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Eniola Aluko
English Athlete
This is something that baffles me about managers: if you know the formation that you will revert to if you are in trouble, why not start with it?
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Daniel Craig
English Actor
I've always reverted to a sense of childhood, just in everyday life.
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Arthur Kornberg
American Scientist
Without advances, medicine regresses and reverts to witchcraft.
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Jack Steinberger
American Physicist
I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation.
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Mark Lawrenson
English Footballer
If Plan A fails, they could always revert to Plan A.
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David Starkey
English Historian
I tend to be a bit of a proselytiser for the importance of royal courts, but all politics - in fact every form of human organisation, and this is something that's so dreadful for all those brought up in the 60s - naturally reverts to monarchy. Newspapers have editors, companies have chief executives.
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Thomas A. Steitz
American Scientist
Bacteria evolve, and so they become resistant to existing drugs. Sometimes they revert, depending on how damaging the mutation is to the life cycle of the bacteria. Mutations that give rise to resistance against particular compounds do increase, and that is why you constantly have to have new ones.
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Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysian Politician
We can go into the Chinese market, develop the engine, new models of cars. Proton can compete. What is the point of giving the company to foreigners? It will revert to the same situation where foreigners just assemble their cars here. We learn nothing.
Quote examples
Rebecca Solnit
American Writer
Panic is rare, looting is essentially insignificant, people are not terrified and trampling each other to flee from a disaster scene, but in fact are trying to manage a situation. We may in fact revert to some sort of primordial civility.
Quote examples
Esperanza Spalding
American Musician
I love people, and I love to be with people and to make music with people, but my natural state is to revert back to being by myself in my house, which is cool because that's where I practice and write and listen and study.
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Eniola Aluko
English Athlete
This is something that baffles me about managers: if you know the formation that you will revert to if you are in trouble, why not start with it?
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Daniel Craig
English Actor
I've always reverted to a sense of childhood, just in everyday life.
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Arthur Kornberg
American Scientist
Without advances, medicine regresses and reverts to witchcraft.
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Jack Steinberger
American Physicist
I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation.
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Mark Lawrenson
English Footballer
If Plan A fails, they could always revert to Plan A.
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