English verb: revert | |||
| 1. | revert (change) go back to a previous state | ||
| Samples | We reverted to the old rules. | ||
| Synonyms | regress, retrovert, return, turn back | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change by reversal, reverse, turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fall back, go back, lapse, recidivate, recover, recuperate, regress, relapse, resile, retrogress | ||
| 2. | revert (change) undergo reversion, as in a mutation | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mutate | ||