revisit

revisit — verb

1. to travel back to a location that you have already been to, often after a long g

1.verbtransitiveB1
Definition

to travel back to a location that you have already been to, often after a long gap of months or years

Example

Twenty years after leaving the village, Hamza finally revisited it with his children.

revisit + place after a long absence

The elderly couple revisited the park where they had first met on a spring afternoon.

Common collocations
  • revisit a city
  • revisit a village
  • revisit a country
  • revisit a building
Synonyms
  • return to

    more general; can apply to people or states as well as places

  • go back to

    informal and neutral

  • see again

    informal; often implies a short gap

Antonyms

Grammar Patterns

revisit + noun phrase (a place)

Usage Note

Subject is usually a person or group who has been to the place before. Frequently paired with time phrases indicating how long has passed, such as 'after ten years' or 'decades later'.

Common Mistakes

I revisited him at his office.
I visited him at his office.
'revisit' is not used with people in the literal sense; it is used with places.

2. to think about a subject, decision, or piece of writing once more because you wa

2.verbtransitiveB2
Definition

to think about a subject, decision, or piece of writing once more because you want to improve it or change it

Example

The planning committee agreed to revisit the budget proposal after hearing public concerns.

revisit + proposal / plan / policy for revision

After finishing the first draft, Sahil revisited the introduction to make his argument clearer.

Common collocations
  • revisit an idea
  • revisit a decision
  • revisit a policy
  • revisit a plan
  • revisit findings
Synonyms
  • reconsider

    more direct and everyday; implies questioning a previous decision

  • review

    suggests a careful, systematic check; neutral register

  • reassess

    formal; emphasises evaluating quality or value

Antonyms

Grammar Patterns

revisit + noun phrase (an idea / decision / work)

Usage Note

Common in formal contexts such as business meetings, academic writing, and policy discussions. The object is typically an abstract noun (idea, plan, rule, conclusion) rather than a concrete place — a key way to distinguish this sense from VISIT AGAIN.

Common Mistakes

Let us revisit the restaurant tomorrow.
Let us revisit the idea of dining at the restaurant tomorrow.
Using a concrete place as the object shifts the meaning to sense 1 (VISIT AGAIN); use 'reconsider' or 'discuss again' for the abstract sense.

revisit — noun

Word family

  • revisitation
    nounC1

Synonym discussion

Sense: verb/2

All four words involve looking at something again, but they differ in formality and emphasis. 'Revisit' suggests a fresh look after time has passed — you revisit a decision years later with new perspective. 'Reconsider' is more everyday and implies you may be questioning a previous judgment, often used in personal contexts ('I reconsidered my offer'). 'Review' is neutral and systematic, common in both casual and formal settings ('review the notes before the exam'). 'Reassess' is formal and focuses on evaluating quality or value, typical in professional settings ('reassess the risk'). For example, a manager might revisit a hiring policy after ten years, review the current candidates, reconsider a rejected applicant, and reassess the team's overall staffing needs.

revisit ↗reconsider ↗review ↗reassess

Common collocations

Nouns

Adverbs

Phrases

  • worth revisiting

Prepositions

Etymology

LatinFrenchEnglish

Formed in English around the late 1500s by adding the prefix 're-' (meaning 'again') to the verb 'visit', which comes from Latin 'visitare' meaning 'to go to see'. The original meaning was only about physically returning to a place. The figurative use — returning to a topic or idea — became common in academic and political writing during the 1800s.