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verb re·vis·it \ (ˌ)rē-ˈvi-zət \

Definition of revisit

transitive verb

:to visit again :return to

revisit the old neighborhood

; also :to consider or take up again

reluctant to revisit past disputes

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Examples of revisit in a Sentence

He revisited his old house.
The police revisited the crime scene.
The police revisited the case of the unsolved murder.
The book is worth revisiting.

Recent Examples of revisit from the Web

The ordinance includes a sunset provision requiring the village board to revisit the fee on an annual basis, Johnsen said.

— erin sauder, Elgin Courier-News, "East Dundee to begin charging residents for garbage pickup," 23 Aug. 2017
Not everyone in Richmond wanted to revisit history this week, preferring to mourn the Charlottesville tragedy and then simply move forward despite a 24-hour news cycle.

— USA TODAY, "Ex-capital of the Confederacy grapples with statues, race and reconciliation," 18 Aug. 2017
For those who don't want to wait until next year to revisit Coal Valley, a two-hour sneak peek of the new season will air during Hallmark's annual (and mega popular) Countdown to Christmas event in December.

— michelle profis, Country Living, "'When Calls the Heart' Gets a Season 5 Premiere Date," 16 Aug. 2017
The administration also wants to revisit the gainful-employment rule that holds vocational programs and programs at for-profits accountable for graduates with hefty student-loan debt.

— karen herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "For-profit college shut down in Wisconsin is back under new ownership," 9 Aug. 2017
The White House wants to revisit the 1965 Immigration Act, which opened America’s doors wide to immigrants of color and produced the most sweeping demographic transformation of the country in its history.

— tom gjelten, The Atlantic, "How the White House's Immigration Reforms Might Backfire," 7 Aug. 2017
What’s done is done, and there’s no point in revisiting the past.

— aliza kelly faragher, Allure, "What This Week's Horoscope Means for You," 7 Aug. 2017
Look in the mirror Listed on Duke’s bathroom mirror is a set of goals, written plainly and revisited daily.

— c jackson cowart, charlotteobserver, "With nothing guaranteed, undrafted Panthers rookie Austin Duke works toward a dream," 15 July 2017
After each segment, the Tigers meet as a team and revisit progress against that checklist.

— tod palmer, kansascity, "Mizzou’s ‘reincarnated gladiator,’ linebacker Eric Beisel, believes team will rebound," 14 July 2017

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First Known Use of revisit

15th century

revisit Synonyms

Synonyms

readdress, reanalyze, reconceive, redefine, reevaluate, reexamine, reexplore, rethink, review, reconsider, reweigh

Related Words

rehear; reconceptualize, reenvision, reimagine; reappraise, reassess, reinvestigate, restudy; amend, correct, emend, rectify, reform, remedy, revise

Near Antonyms

assert, defend, maintain, uphold

revisit

noun

Definition of revisit

:a second or subsequent visit

Recent Examples of revisit from the Web

Certain classics can reverberate at different times in life, rewarding a frequent revisit.

— moira macdonald, The Seattle Times, "Some books are too good to read just once (or twice)," 29 June 2017
As satellite revisit times and image quality improve, researchers hope that skeptics within their own governments will come to see technology’s value.

— peter schwartzstein, Newsweek, "How NASA's Satellites Can Help Solve the Middle East Water Crisis," 11 June 2017
Each year, the school board revisits and votes to extend the superintendent's contract.

— mikaela porter, Courant Community, "West Hartford School Board Extends Superintendent's Contract With No Pay Raise," 6 June 2017
Some of Gramsci’s best known writing revisits the nature of intellectual work.

— walt hunter, The Atlantic, "The New Intellectuals," 8 May 2017
A reader can’t help noting that anti-liberal polemics, today as in the lurid polemical pasts that Mishra revisits, always have more force and gusto than liberalism’s defenses have ever had.

— adam gopnik, The New Yorker, "Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History?," 20 Mar. 2017
In her first memoir, Chinese-American writer Yiyun Li recounts her struggles with depression and revisits key moments in her literary life.

— georgia rowe, The Mercury News, "Books by the Bay: Buddhist economics and Oakland A’s history fill books released in March," 6 Mar. 2017

First Known Use of revisit

1623

REVISIT Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of revisit for English Language Learners

: to go to (a place) again especially after a long period of time
: to think about or look at (something) again

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