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
Listening to Badham revisit the making of Saturday Night Fever now, what emerges is not the polished mythology that has accumulated around the movie over the decades but something scrappier, stranger and much more human. Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026 The concept of juxtaposing this style with stereotypically macho coal miners was revisited when RuPaul hosted the show in 2020 – resulting in a second coal-miner sketch that wound up cut for time. Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
Noun
Patient investors can watch this one from the sideline and revisit when the base looks more established. Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 26 May 2026 But Pitt and his film, a revisit to Quintin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, may not materialize until late fall. Peter Bart, Deadline, 22 May 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 30 May. 2026.

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revisit

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

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