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revert to meaning and examples

2025-09-28

Meaning

"Revert to" means to return to a previous state, condition, or way of doing something. It can also mean to go back to an earlier owner, system, or habit.

Grammar and Usage

  • Part of speech: Phrasal verb (verb + preposition).

  • Pattern: revert to + noun/gerund

    • "revert to old habits"
    • "revert to the original plan"

  • Usually formal, often used in business, legal, or technical contexts.

Common Phrases

  • revert to old habits
  • revert to type (return to usual behavior)
  • revert to the original plan
  • revert to childhood (act in a childish way)

Collocations

  • Verb + revert to: may revert to, will revert to, tends to revert to
  • Noun + revert to: revert to form, revert to state, revert to type
  • Adjective + revert to: quickly revert to, immediately revert to, eventually revert to

Examples

  1. After the meeting, the team decided to revert to the original design.
  2. When stressed, some people revert to unhealthy eating habits.
  3. The property will revert to the state after the lease expires.
  4. He tried to act maturely but soon reverted to his childish ways.
  5. If the software update fails, it will automatically revert to the previous version.
  6. The conversation reverted to the topic of finances.
  7. Without practice, my handwriting always reverts to being messy.
  • return to
  • go back to
  • regress to
  • fall back into

Antonym

  • move forward with
  • continue
  • progress to
  • advance toward