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reverting::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | returning |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion |
| Type of | failure |
| Has types | recidivism |
| Derivation | revert |
Examples of reverting
reverting
Reverting to simplicity, he hit upon the idea of using masses filled with water.
From the time.com
The trick is figuring out how to keep him from reverting to mediocrity or worse.
From the dailyherald.com
Reverting to past performance, plus playing in a smaller park, will see to that.
From the washingtonpost.com
In some ways, the world is not turning upside down, it's just reverting to form.
From the newsweek.com
Multiple users attempt to use the Ref converter with other users reverting back.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Semi-protected, due to an IP blanket reverting to a previous version once a day.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I tried to reflect this reality in the article Diadochoi but you kept reverting.
From the en.wikipedia.org
On WikiProject Reenactment I'm mostly doing maintenance and reverting vandalism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
These days I spend most of my Wikipedia time reverting vandalism and tidying up.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
- Undergo reversion, as in a mutation
- (reverting) backsliding: a failure to maintain a higher state
- (reverting) returning: tending to return to an earlier state
- (reversion) (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
- (reversion) (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
- (Reversion (genetics)) Mutations are changes in a genomic sequence: the DNA sequence of a cell's genome or the DNA or RNA sequence of a virus. Mutations are caused by radiation, viruses, transposons and mutagenic chemicals, as well as errors that occur during meiosis or DNA replication. ...
- (Reversion (software development)) In software development (and by extension in content editing environments, especially wikis, that make use of the software development process of revision control), reversion or reverting is the abandonment of one or more recent changes in favor of a return to ...
- One who, or that which, reverts; A convert to Islam; The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state; To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse; To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate; to get back; To change back; To return; to come ...
