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# revert

«revert» in Mova's school dictionary: **To go back to an earlier state, habit or way of doing things** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (revert, reverts, reverted, reverting); noun (a revert — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To go back to an earlier state, habit or way of doing things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revert/#m1)

2) (computing) To undo changes and go back to an earlier version of a file or page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revert/#m2)

3) (law) For property to go back to its first owner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revert/#m3)

4) (business English) "Revert to you" is sometimes used to mean "reply to you" — this is common in India, but many speakers think it is wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revert/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people revert to old habits. In computing and online, editors revert changes to a Wikipedia page or a document. In science, something may revert to its natural state, like a garden reverting to wild. Phrases: revert to, revert back (common but repeats itself), revert changes.

### examples

- After the holiday, I reverted to going to bed late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revert/#x1)
- The field reverted to wild meadow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revert/#x2)
- The teacher reverted the document to yesterday's version. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revert/#x3)
- Wikipedia editors reverted the silly changes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revert/#x4)
- When he is nervous, he reverts to biting his nails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revert/#x5)
- The land reverted to the original owner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revert/#x6)

### note

"Revert to" is the pattern. "Revert back" says "back" twice, so careful writers avoid it. Past form: reverted. Noun: reversion. In much English, "revert" does not mean "reply".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «revert» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revert/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.