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BNC: 15421 COCA: 25812

reversion

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
reversion /rɪˈvɚʒən/ Brit /rɪˈvəːʃən/ noun
plural reversions
reversion
/rɪˈvɚʒən/ Brit /rɪˈvəːʃən/
noun
plural reversions
Learner's definition of REVERSION
technical + formal : an act or process of returning to an earlier condition or state回复;恢复;复原usually + to
[count]
usually singular通常用单数
[noncount]
[count, noncount] law : the returning of property to a former owner or to a person who received the right to it when the former owner died(财产、所有权等的)归还
BNC: 15421 COCA: 25812

reversion

noun

re·​ver·​sion ri-ˈvər-zhən How to pronounce reversion (audio)
-shən
1
a
: the part of a simple estate remaining in the control of its owner after the owner has granted therefrom a lesser particular estate
b
: a future interest in property left in the control of a grantor or the grantor's successor
2
: the right of succession or future possession or enjoyment
3
a
: an act or the process of returning (as to a former condition)
b
: a return toward an ancestral type or condition : reappearance of an ancestral character
4
: an act or instance of turning the opposite way : the state of being so turned
5
: a product of reversion
specifically : an organism with an atavistic character : throwback

Example Sentences

His photos document the land's reversion to swamp. the reversion of the estate
Recent Examples on the Web Aside from the reversion, there are eight mutations in the BA.2.75 Spike that are unique from BA.2. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 11 July 2022 The reversion also at least temporarily scuttled any hopes for mothers who carried mutations. Stephen S. Hall, Wired, 11 Mar. 2021 The turn to using the U.S. dollar and other foreign currencies as legal tender in 2009 or the reversion back to the Zimbabwean dollar in 2019 did little to quell the country’s inflation, which hit an annual high of 557% in 2020. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 July 2022 The coloration and reversion back to white after the removal of the UV source take only a few seconds. David Bressan, Forbes, 21 June 2022 The Sandman will require no such dramatic reversion to form. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2022 Because the virus is killed, there is no chance of mutation causing a reversion to the original pathogenic form and causing disease. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 June 2022 Weakness has held its 200-week simple moving average or reversion to the mean at $64.36. Richard Henry Suttmeier, Forbes, 26 May 2022 Meanwhile, a resurgence in COVID-19 infections in Europe, the U.S. and parts of Asia is also looming, bringing the threat of a reversion to pandemic precautions. Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY, 5 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin reversion-, reversio act of returning, from revertere

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of reversion was in the 15th century
BNC: 15421 COCA: 25812

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