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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.

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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visit Synonyms

visit

n.

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


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.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

visit Usage Examples

Object

  • website: To find out more about the BBC Charter Review visit the website.

Converse of object

  • arrange: You can contact the Training Center direct to make enquiries or to arrange an informal visit.

Adjective modifier

  • regular: To prevent tooth decay and gum disease it is necessary to have regular dental visits.

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.
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visit quotes

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

-Austen,Jane

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

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

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