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reverting

reverting

5.8
Going back to an earlier state
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈvɜrtɪŋ/
translation icon : reversible
  • Many ecosystems exhibit reverting trends after a disturbance, eventually returning to their original state.

Examples

  • The reverting nature of the stock market can be seen in its fluctuations over time.

  • The company's strategy is based on the reverting behavior of consumer preferences following economic downturns.

  • So that means that that means that it's mean reverting, but slowly.

Synonyms

returning
vsreverting
2.9

Coming back after being gone

focuses on moving back to an earlier state rather than repeated cycles
retroverted
vsreverting
  • Archaic
9.9

Moved back to an earlier position or state

is the modern general descriptor for a tendency to go back
reversive
vsreverting
  • Specialized
9.9

Tending to make something return to an earlier state

is a broader adjective about tendency to go back not grammatical focus
to retrograde
vsreverting
8.2

To become worse or return to an earlier state

is neutral about decline and stresses going back without worsening

Antonyms

advancing
3.4

Moving forward or making progress slowly and steadily

How Habitual

relapse
33 6.5
to fall into old habits
  • Informal
1 3.6
reverting
5.8

Surface Forms

reverting positive

Morphology

reverting = revert (transparent) = revert + ing

Standard present-participle/gerund/adjectival formation from the verb 'revert'; the meaning 'tending to return' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word reverting comes from the parts re- 'back' and vertere 'to turn', the same root you see in reverse and convert. So reverting is like 'turning back' and describes something that tends to return to an earlier state.