PHRASALVERBS
revert to sb/sth (law) (of property, rights, etc.) to return to the original owner again
seealsoREVERSION
revert to sth (formal)
1 to return to a former state; to start doing sth again that you used to do in the past:
After her divorce she reverted to her maiden name. * His manner seems to have reverted to normal. * Try not to revert to your old eating habits. * He reverted to his native language (= started using his native language again). * The house was a school for a while, but has reverted to being a private house. * The area has reverted back to a wilderness. * For a while the children behaved well but they soon reverted to type (= returned to their usual ways).
2 to return to an earlier topic or subject:
So, to revert to your earlier question... * The conversation kept reverting to the events of March 6th.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for revert is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is revert a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, revert is tagged as verb.
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