Meaning
Please reply or respond, usually to a message or request. Formal and regionally standard. Revert back is common locally, though editors elsewhere may regard back as redundant and may substitute reply. Regional use: Indian and South Asian business English.
Origin
Revert has long meant return to an earlier state, topic or owner. Indian business English developed a conventional extended sense, return with an answer, within formal correspondence. The exact path and date of that extension are not securely established, but current linguistic research treats it as a legitimate South Asian English marker rather than a random individual error.
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Variants
- Kindly revert back
- Please revert
- Revert at the earliest
- Revert with the details
Usage Examples
- Kindly revert with the approved artwork by close of business.
- Please review the attached quotation and revert at the earliest.