What is the English meaning of retourner in the sense of returning to a previous state?

• A. To revert (back)
• B. To return
• C. To rotate
• D. To advance

Answer: (A)

Retourner here means undoing a change and going back to how things were before. In English, the verb that captures that exact idea is “to revert.” It signals a backward shift in state or condition after something changed, rather than simply moving to a different place. That’s why reverting is the best fit for returning to a previous state. If you said “to return,” you’d usually be talking about going back to a location or person, not restoring a prior condition. “To rotate” and “to advance” don’t convey the sense of reverting a state at all. Examples: the device reverted to its default settings; the land gradually reverted to its original state.