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revert to type

re·vert to type
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-vurt too tahyp]
    • /rɪˈvɜrt tu taɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-vurt too tahyp]
    • /rɪˈvɜrt tu taɪp/

Definitions of revert to type words

  • verbal expression revert to type go back to one's usual behaviour 1
  • phrase revert to type If you say that someone has reverted to type, you mean that they are now behaving as you would expect them to, after having behaved in an unexpected and better way. 0
  • noun revert to type to resume characteristics that were thought to have disappeared 0

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Parts of speech for Revert to type

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

revert to type popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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