Sunday, September 02, 2012

Revert

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This must be the most overused word in the office community. It's sooooo irritating everytime someone uses it to mean 'Please get back to me about it.' or 'I will reply you about it'. So here's what it actually means.


re·vert

  [ri-vurt] 
verb (used without object)
1.
to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.:They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
2.
Law to go back to or return to the former owner or to his or her heirs.
3.
Biology to return to an earlier or primitive type.
4.
to go back in thought or discussion: He constantly reverted tohis childhood.