REVERT


Meaning of REVERT in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

When people or things ~ to a previous state, system, or type of behaviour, they go back to it.

Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and ~ed to smoking heavily.

VERB: V to n

2.

When someone ~s to a previous topic, they start talking or thinking about it again. (WRITTEN)

In the car she ~ed to the subject uppermost in her mind.

VERB: V to n

3.

If property, rights, or money ~ to someone, they become that person’s again after someone else has had them for a period of time. (LEGAL)

When the lease ends, the property ~s to the freeholder.

VERB: V to n

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