revert

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /rɪˈvɝt/ UK /rɪˈvɜːt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to return to a previous state, condition, or behavior

Without supervision, the system tends to revert to its default settings.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to return to a previous... return regress relapse backslide revisit

Opposites

progress advance persist

Word family

Derived forms reverterrevertible

Related forms reversion reverse reversal convert invert

Etymology

From Old French revertir, from Latin revertere ('to turn back, come back'), from re- ('back') + vertere ('to turn').

revertere Latin vertere Latin *wert- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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# revert

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈvɝt/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈvɜːt/

## Meanings
1. to return to a previous state, condition, or behavior

## Examples
- Without supervision, the system tends to revert to its default settings.

## Synonyms
- return
- regress
- relapse
- backslide
- revisit

## Antonyms
- progress
- advance
- persist

## Derived Forms
- reverter
- revertible

## Related Forms
- reversion
- reverse
- reversal
- convert
- invert

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: revertere
- Root: vertere
- Root: *wert-

## Etymology
From Old French revertir, from Latin revertere ('to turn back, come back'), from re- ('back') + vertere ('to turn').

## AI Etymology
Revert comes from Old French revertir, from Latin revertere ('to turn back, come back'), from re- ('back') + vertere ('to turn'). The historical chain includes Latin revertere, Latin vertere, and Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Older glosses in the chain include "to turn back, come back", "back", and "to turn", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, revert is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb, with the sense "to return to a previous state, condition, or behavior". English derivatives include reverter and revertible; related forms include reversion, reverse, reversal, and convert. The result is an English verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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