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Meaning of "rollback" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ROLLBACK

ˈrəʊlbæk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROLLBACK

noun
adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rollback is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROLLBACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rollback

In political science, rollback is the strategy of forcing change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime. It contrasts with containment, which means preventing the expansion of that state; and with détente, which means a working relationship with that state. Most of the discussions of rollback in the scholarly literature deal with United States foreign policy toward Communist countries during the Cold War. The rollback strategy was tried, and failed, in Korea in 1950, and in Cuba in 1961. The political leadership of the United States discussed the use of rollback during the uprising of 1953 in East Germany and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, but decided against it to avoid the risk of Soviet intervention and a major war. The rollback strategy succeeded in Grenada in 1983. Ronald Reagan promoted a rollback strategy against what he called the "evil empire" in the 1980s. NATO has deployed a rollback strategy in Afghanistan since 2001 to end the power of the Taliban. Rollback of governments hostile to the U.S.

Definition of rollback in the English dictionary

The definition of rollback in the dictionary is a reduction in price or some other change that makes something like it was before. Other definition of rollback is the process of undoing sth; dismantling.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROLLBACK

back · bareback · callback · cashback · comeback · cornerback · fallback · feedback · flashback · hatchback · hold-back · horseback · outback · paperback · payback · playback · quarterback · snapback · splashback · throwback

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROLLBACK

roll-on/roll-off · roll-out · roll-top · roll-top desk · roll-up · roll-your-own · rollable · Rolland · rollaway · rollaway bed · rollbar · rolled · rolled gold · rolled oats · rolled paperwork · rolled tobacco · rolled-gold · rolled-steel joist · rolled-up · roller

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROLLBACK

back to back · back-to-back · bounce back · camelback · fullback · get back · go back · hardback · hold back · howlback · laid-back · look back · lower back · pat on the back · positive feedback · quillback · shellback · sit back · tailback · upper back

Synonyms and antonyms of rollback in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rollback» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROLLBACK

Find out the translation of rollback to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of rollback from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rollback» in English.
zh

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回滚
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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rollback
570 millions of speakers
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English

rollback
510 millions of speakers
hi

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रोलबैक
380 millions of speakers
ar

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التراجع
280 millions of speakers
ru

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откат
278 millions of speakers
pt

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rollback
270 millions of speakers
bn

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রোলব্যাক
260 millions of speakers
fr

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restauration
220 millions of speakers
ms

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kembalikan
190 millions of speakers
de

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Rollback
180 millions of speakers
ja

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ロールバック
130 millions of speakers
ko

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롤백
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Rollback
85 millions of speakers
vi

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rollback
80 millions of speakers
ta

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திரும்பப்பெறு
75 millions of speakers
mr

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रोलबॅक
75 millions of speakers
tr

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geri alma
70 millions of speakers
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rollback
65 millions of speakers
pl

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wycofywania
50 millions of speakers
uk

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відкат
40 millions of speakers
ro

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rollback
30 millions of speakers
el

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rollback
15 millions of speakers
af

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terug draai
14 millions of speakers
sv

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rollback
10 millions of speakers
no

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rollback
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROLLBACK»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rollback

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROLLBACK»

Discover the use of rollback in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rollback and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal ...
In his blockbuster new book, Rollback, New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Woods, Jr. offers the first critical analysis of the 2010 mid-term elections and answers the #1 question on conservatives’ minds: How do we roll back the ...
Thomas E. Woods, Jr., 2011
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Operation Rollback: America's Secret War Behind the Iron Curtain
The ultimately unsuccessful American war of espionage and sabotage carried out behind the Iron Curtain in the wake of the Soviet occupation is laid bare in this dramatic book. Reprint.
Peter Grose, 2001
3
Rollback!: Right-wing Power in U.S. Foreign Policy
The first book to demonstrate how the Right operates not only within Republican administrations, but in Democratic ones as well.
Thomas Bodenheimer, Robert Gould, 1989
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Rollback
She accepts on condition that Don, her husband of sixty years, gets a rollback, too. The process works for Don, making him physically twenty-five again. But in a tragic twist, the rollback fails for Sarah, leaving her in her eighties.
Robert J. Sawyer, 2007
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JUNOS Enterprise Routing: A Practical Guide to JUNOS ...
In addition, the old active configuration is archived into a file called a rollback 1. So, if a mistake is made, you can easily recover the old active configuration by issuing a rollback 1. This causes the candidate configuration to be replaced by the ...
Doug Marschke, Harry Reynolds, 2008
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Oracle 11G: SQL
COMMIT. and. ROLLBACK. Commands. A COMMIT command issued implicitly or explicitly permanently saves the DML statements issued previously. An explicit COMMIT occurs when you enter a COMMIT statement. By default, an implicit ...
Joan Casteel, 2009
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MySQL Stored Procedure Programming
ROLLBACK Undoes any changes to the database made by the transaction and then terminates that transaction. Like COMMIT, ROLLBACK releases any locks held by the transaction. SAVEPOINT savepoint_name Creates a named savepoint ...
Guy Harrison, Steven Feuerstein, 2006
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Oracle PL/SQL by Example
After this Lab, you will be able to: • Make Use of COMMIT, ROLLBACK and SAVEPOINT in a PL/SQL Block Transactions are a means to break programming code into manageable units. Grouping transactions into smaller elements is a ...
Benjamin Rosenzweig, Elena Silvestrova, 2004
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Software-implemented Fault-tolerance with Rollback Recovery ...
This is used to implement two forms of rollback recovery, process restart and coordinated, distributed checkpoint/rollback.
David Matthew Cummings, 2009
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Cooperative Information Systems: 7th International ...
The X-transaction model offers a flexible rollback mechanism that allows rollbacks to take place at any of the three different transactional levels: l. At the outsourcing level. A rollback on the outsourcing level is performed entirely by the  ...
Opher Etzion, Peter Scheuermann, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROLLBACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rollback is used in the context of the following news items.
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Thomas County BOE adopts rollback millage rate
THOMASVILLE — The Thomas County Board of Education tentatively adopted a rollback millage rate of 14.67 for 2015 to fund operations of the Thomas County ... «Times-Enterprise, Jul 15»
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BOE approves rollback millage
##Chief Financial Officer Ken Thompson said the new millage is a revenue neutral “rollback” rate as calculated by the Clayton County Tax Commissioner's ... «News-Daily.com, Jul 15»
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Hefty oil price rollback seen next week
MANILA, Philippines - Motorists may expect another round of cuts in pump prices next week as negative overseas developments continued to dampen trading in ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
4
Tenant advocates, elected officials push for rent rollback
”While last year I pushed for a rent freeze … this year I am joining with the tenant advocates in calling for a rent rollback,” City Councilwoman Margaret Chin said, ... «Capital New York, Jun 15»
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More oil firms announce price rollbacks for Tuesday
Petron said its price rollback covers pump prices of diesel, gasoline and kerosene. ROLLBACKS eff 12:01am June 2: P0.60/li gasoline,P0.60/li for kerosene,and ... «GMA News, May 15»
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Will Seek Rollback of Entry Tax on Sugar in Punjab: BJP
"The party will raise the matter with the state government and demand the rollback of the order," Punjab BJP chief Kamal Sharma said here at a programme to ... «Outlook, May 15»
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Political parties in Tamil Nadu demand rollback of fuel price hike
Considering this, the government should roll back the deregulation of oil ... and CPI state chief R Mutharasan also demanded rollback of the fuel price hike. «Times of India, May 15»
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Government Seeks Tariff Hike Rollback for Farmers
Had it been fully accepted, things would have been better — Narasingh Mishra, Leader of Opposition While the Opposition members demanded rollback of the ... «The New Indian Express, Mar 15»
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Horizon DataSys Releases New Freeware - RollBack Rx Home …
BLAINE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Horizon DataSys announced today the launch of an entirely new, free version of their most popular instant recovery ... «Business Wire, Mar 15»
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LTFRB warns cabbies of penalties if they defy P10 rollback in …
"LTFRB to issue Show Cause Orders, ground taxi units and disallow drivers to be deployed for not honoring P10 rollback of taxi flag down rate," LTFRB ... «GMA News, Mar 15»
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