revisit

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verb

re·​vis·​it (ˌ)rē-ˈvi-zət How to pronounce revisit (audio)
revisited; revisiting; revisits
Synonyms of revisitnext

transitive verb

: to visit again : return to
revisit the old neighborhood
also : to consider or take up again
reluctant to revisit past disputes

revisit

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noun

: a second or subsequent visit

Examples of revisit in a Sentence

Verb 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.
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Verb
Families should review eligibility for the larger Child Tax Credit, while homeowners in high‑tax states may want to revisit whether itemizing makes sense again. Emma Waldman, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026 Jonas Nelle, an engineer at Cursor working on long-running AI agents, told Fortune that as AI models keep getting better, engineers and researchers need to revisit their assumptions every few months about what the AI models can do. Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
The satellite also hosts the European Union’s Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which aims to monitor key air quality trace gases and aerosols over Europe in support of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) at high spatial resolution and with a fast revisit time. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026 The inspector did not approve the application for a new license, noting that a penalty fee for operating without a license would first have to be paid, and indicated a revisit would be scheduled to confirm corrective action was taken to address some of the violations that were found. Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 13 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for revisit

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1623, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of revisit was in the 15th century

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“Revisit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revisit. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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revisit

verb
re·​vis·​it
rē-ˈviz-ət
: to visit again : return to

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