Late-stage dementia sufferers whose first language isn't English often revert back to their native language as their condition worsens.
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Revert
//ɹɪˈvɝt//
Synonyms for "revert" (94 found)
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Related words (47)
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Translations
73 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- взимам обратно verb (to return to the possession of)
- връщам verb (to throw back; to reflect; to reverberate)
- връщам verb (to cause to return to a former condition)
- връщам verb (to cause to return to the previous owner)
Finnish
4 entries- käännynnäinen noun (one who reverts)
- kääntyjä noun (one who reverts)
- palaaja noun (one who reverts)
- palaaja noun (Islamic usage: convert to Islam)
French
4 entries- redevenir verb (to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse)
- refléter verb (to throw back; to reflect; to reverberate)
- renvoyer verb (to throw back; to reflect; to reverberate)
- retomber verb (to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse)
German
1 entries- rückgängig machen verb (to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse)
Greek
1 entries- επαναφέρω verb (to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse)
Italian
4 entries- convertito noun (one who reverts)
- invertire verb (to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse)
- regredire verb (to cause to return to a former condition)
- regredire verb (biology: to return to an earlier or primitive type or state)
Occitan
4 entries- reflectir verb (to throw back; to reflect; to reverberate)
- remandar verb (to throw back; to reflect; to reverberate)
- rendre verb (to cause to return to a former condition)
- retornar verb (to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse)
Polish
1 entries- powrócić verb (to return; to come back)
Portuguese
4 entries- revertida noun (Islamic usage: convert to Islam)
- revertido noun (Islamic usage: convert to Islam)
- reverter verb (to cause to return to a former condition)
- reverter verb (Muslim usage: to convert to Islam)
Spanish
2 entries- revertir verb (to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse)
- revertir verb (biology: to return to an earlier or primitive type or state)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
The situation will soon revert to the way things were before.
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In this year of the Jubilee all land, and village houses, and the houses of the Levites were to revert to their original owners.
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But this past Monday, Sri had to revert to working from home when her office decided the risk of workplace infection became too great.
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