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

In a revote, Flippen received the majority and was sent home becoming the sixth member of the jury. —Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 7 May 2026

When Devens played the idol on himself, Flippen was vulnerable and in the revote her game was over. —Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 7 May 2026

The revote took place March 24 and unanimously passed. —Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026

But no one can force a revote, according to Robert Eisenbeis, who previously served as director of research at the Atlanta Fed. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026

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