单词 | reversion |
释义 | reversion (once / 3105 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n WORD FAMILY reversion: reversionary, reversioner, reversionist, reversions+/reversioner: reversioners/reversionist: reversionists/revert: reversion, reversive, reverted, reverting, reverts USAGE EXAMPLESBut last week’s session was a reversion to the strong-arm rule that Republicans decried in the 1980s. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) Strategies that outperform for a stretch often succumb to simple mean reversion. Wall Street Journal(Dec 19, 2016) “When we registered a request, in 2014, for the reversion of our eligible copyrights in America, we understood it to be a formality. “ The Guardian(Dec 02, 2016) 1 1n returning to a former state Syn|Hyper regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion reversal a change from one state to the opposite state 2n a reappearance of an earlier characteristic Syn|Hyper atavism, throwback recurrence, return happening again (especially at regular intervals) 3n a failure to maintain a higher state 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting recidivism habitual relapse into crime failure an act that fails n turning in the opposite direction 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper reversal, reverse, turnabout, turnaround about turn, about-face act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation u-turncomplete reversal of direction of travel change of direction, reorientation the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented n (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) 4Hypo|Hyper escheat a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs interest, stake (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something n (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) Hyper chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism |
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