RETROVERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retrovert mean? 

• RETROVERT (verb)
  The verb RETROVERT has 1 sense:

1. go back to a previous state

  Familiarity information: RETROVERT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETROVERT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they retrovert    ... he / she / it retroverts   
Past simple: retroverted   
Past participle: retroverted   
-ing form: retroverting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go back to a previous state

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

regress; retrovert; return; revert; turn back

Context example:

We reverted to the old rules

Hypernyms (to "retrovert" is one way to...):

change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retrovert"):

fall back; lapse; recidivate; regress; relapse; retrogress (go back to bad behavior)

resile (return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed)

go back; recover; recuperate (regain a former condition after a financial loss)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

retroversion (returning to a former state)