revisit

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verb

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

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
For this reason, all of us would be well advised to revisit Hyman Minsky’s great work Stabilizing an Unstable Economy. Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 After marrying and raising children, Breeckner stored the sketches away and rarely revisited them until later in life. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
For organizations operating in or hiring from Canada, now is the time to audit existing biometric practices, revisit vendor contracts, and review consent workflows. Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 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, 18 Aug. 2025 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 4 Sep. 2025.

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revisit

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

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