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visit Definition

visit (viz′it)

transitive verb

  1. to go or come to see (someone) out of friendship or for social reasons
  2. to stay with as a guest for a time
  3. to go or come to see in a professional or business capacity to visit a doctor (or a patient)
  4. to go or come to (a place) in order to inspect or investigate
  5. to go or come to for a time so as to make use of, look at, etc. to visit an art gallery
  6. to occur or come to visited by an odd idea
  7. to bring suffering, trouble, etc. to; assail a drought visited the land
    1. to inflict (punishment, suffering, etc.) upon someone
    2. to afflict (with punishment, suffering, etc.)
    3. to inflict punishment for (wrongdoing); avenge visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children

Etymology: ME visiten < OFr visiter < L visitare, freq. < visere, to go to see < visus: see vision

intransitive verb

to visit someone or something; specif.,

  1. to inflict punishment or revenge
  2. ☆ to make a social call or calls: often used with with
  3. to stay with someone as a guest
  4. ☆ Informal to converse or chat, as during a visit

noun

the act or an instance of visiting; specif.,

  1. a social call
  2. a stay as a guest; sojourn
  3. an official or professional call, as of a doctor
  4. an official call as for inspection or investigation
  5. ☆ Informal a friendly conversation
  6. Maritime Law the boarding of a ship of a neutral nation by an officer of a nation at war to search it for contraband, etc.

visit Synonyms

visit

n.

social call, call, appointment, interview, formal call, talk, evening, stay, holiday, visitation; see also vacation.

visit Synonyms

visit

v.

  1. To call upon the sick

    call upon, bring comfort, bring cheer, bring help, minister; see also attend 2, encourage 2, nurse.

  2. To live with for a short time

    stay with, dwell with, stop with, stop by, call at, call on, call upon, come around, be the guest of, make a visit, sojourn awhile, revisit; see also sense 4.

  3. To afflict

    trouble, inflict, pain; see bother 3.

  4. To stop for business or pleasure

    call on, call upon, make one's compliments to, look in on, visit with, call for, stop off, stop in, stop over, have an appointment with, pay a visit to, tour, take in*, drop in on*, hit*, look around*, look up*, be closeted with*, go over to*, look in*, drop over*, pop in*, have a date*; see also sense 2.

visit Usage Examples

Object

  • website: To find out more about the BBC Charter Review visit the website.
  • site: Click here to visit the site to sign up for a trial.
  • fellow: He was educated at the universities of Cambridge and Brussels - and is a Visiting Fellow at the Imperial and Durham Business Schools.
  • museum: York has a wealth of heritage so be sure to visit the Minster, walk the walls and visit the museums.
  • speaker: Mr Platt RE department Events This is a busy term for the RE department with all Key Stage 3 groups having visiting speakers.
  • library: Alternatively, visitors are welcome to visit the library itself at Walton Hall.

Converse of object

  • arrange: You can contact the Training Center direct to make enquiries or to arrange an informal visit.
  • please: If you haven't already got it installed then please visit here to obtain it.
  • pay: Between 1885 and 1893 he paid several visits to Egypt.
  • organize: To organize study visits for groups please contact Mr Robin Harvey.

Adjective modifier

  • regular: To prevent tooth decay and gum disease it is necessary to have regular dental visits.
  • recent: However, on a recent visit, I counted around 27.
  • educational: Apparently voluntary work is still work - so some guests come on an " educational farm visit " .
  • brief: The marsh was a site for Broad-billed Sandpiper and Jack Snipe, but neither was apparent during my brief visit.
  • first: The first exchange visit by Mill Hill School sixth form students took place in August 2002.
  • last: Users will not bother to return if they donât think anything new has been added since their last visit.

Noun used with modifier

  • follow-up: Number of pharmacies and patients at 4 April 2002 - A total of 345 patients from 83 pharmacies enrolled and on follow-up visits.
  • afternoon: They make afternoon visits to local industry and legal and medical centers and are introduced to the Bodleian Library.
  • return: From the 1st of April 2006, an entrance ticket to The Tank Museum will allow visitors unlimited return visits for a year.
  • exchange: The first exchange visit by Mill Hill School sixth form students took place in August 2002.
visit Quotes

But plots come fromöGod knows where. They can't be summoned at will.Theycome reluctantly, unexpectedly, stealthily, when you have given up hope of them ever paying you a visit.

—Mortimer, SirJohn Clifford

I'm going to visit every country in the world, eat all the food of the world, drink all the drink of the worldöand, I hope, make love to every woman in the world. Then I might get a good night's sleep.

—Keenan, Brian

On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provisions for discourse.

—Austen,Jane