reverting

«reverting» in Mova's school dictionary: Going back to an earlier state, habit or way of behaving — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb, -ing form of «revert» (revert, reverts, reverted, reverting)

meaning for a pupil

1) Going back to an earlier state, habit or way of behaving. tree →

2) (law) Property going back to its former owner. tree →

3) (computing) Undoing changes and going back to an earlier version. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it describes going back to old habits, such as reverting to bad spelling over the holidays. In computing it means undoing changes to a document or code. In science, wild-bred animals or plants reverting to their wild form. Phrases: «reverting to», «reverting back».

examples

• After the holidays, he kept reverting to his old messy handwriting. tree →
• The school is reverting to the old timetable. tree →
• The garden is reverting to wild grass. tree →
• I'm reverting the document to yesterday's version. tree →
• Without practice, she was reverting to bad habits. tree →
• The land is reverting to the farmer after the lease ends. tree →

note

Form of «revert»; always with «to». «Revert back» repeats itself, but people say it. In business English «I will revert» means «I will reply» — this is Indian and some business English, not usual in UK/US.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «reverting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.