revote

noun

re·​vote ˈrē-ˌvōt 

variants or re-vote

plural revotes or re-votes

: the act or process of voting again

The board ordered/held/scheduled a revote.

A coalition of human rights groups called for a revote, saying there were thousands of complaints of violations at the polls …

—Kareem Fahim and Mayy El Sheikh

He won the revote.

The Senate voted on the tax bill Tuesday night before it went back to the House for a revote …

—John Siciliano and Josh Siegel

revote

(ˌ)rē-ˈvōt 

verb, transitive + intransitive

or re-vote

revoted or re-voted; revoting or re-voting

After some tweaking, the Senate was expected to approve the bill overnight Tuesday. The House would then need to re-vote on Wednesday.

—Dan Freedman

The city will revote on the zoning request in December.

—William Hughes

… it still took us more than three hours of debate, discussion, voting and revoting to arrive at a consensus.

—Keven Ann Willey

Examples of revote in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Senate Republican leaders vowed to oppose any healthcare talks while the government remains shuttered and expressed optimism about peeling off more Democrats in the coming days on revotes for the same funding proposals. —Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2025

All four were referred to committee, and one requires a revote. —Addy Bink, The Hill, 14 Sep. 2025

That prompted the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to hold a decisive revote for the first time since it was created in 1997. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025

Assuming the city has any integrity left, the solution is a revote based on current, accurate facts presented in a transparent ballot measure. —U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing revote

• called for a revote

Rhymes for revote

• afloat
• azote
• banknote
• bareboat
• benzoate
• connote
• cutthroat
• demote
• denote
• devote
• endnote
• footnote