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Meaning of visit in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈvɪzɪt/

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  1. Verb

    visit

    Etymology

    Middle English: from Old French visiter or Latin visitare‘go to see’, frequentative of visare‘to view’, from videre‘to see’

    Definitions

    1. visit a place, as for entertainment

    Examples

    • « We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning »

    Derived terms

    • visitant
    • visitor
  2. 2. go to certain places as for sightseeing

    Examples

    • « Did you ever visit Paris? »

    Derived terms

    • visitant
    • visiting
    • visitor
  3. 3. pay a brief visit

    Examples

    • « The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens »

    Derived terms

    • call
    • caller
    • company
    • visitant
    • visitor
  4. 4. come to see in an official or professional capacity

    Examples

    • « The governor visited the prison »
    • « The grant administrator visited the laboratory »

    Derived terms

    • inspection
    • review
    • visitant
    • visitation
    • visitor
  5. 5. impose something unpleasant

    Examples

    • « The principal visited his rage on the students »

    Derived terms

    • imposition
    • infliction
    • trial
    • tribulation
    • visitation
  6. 6. talk socially without exchanging too much information

    Examples

    • « the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze »

    Derived terms

    • babbler
    • cackle
    • causerie
    • chat
    • chatter
    • chatterbox
    • chatterer
    • chin-wag
    • chin-wagging
    • chitchat
    • confab
    • confabulation
    • gab
    • gabfest
    • gossip
    • magpie
    • prater
    • schmoose
    • schmooze
    • small talk
    • spouter
    • tittle-tattle
    • visitant
    • visitor
    • yack
    • yak
    • yakety-yak
  7. 7. stay with as a guest

    Examples

    • « Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month »

    Derived terms

    • sojourn
    • visitant
    • visitor
  8. 8. assail

    Examples

    • « He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly »

    Derived terms

    • visitation
  9. Noun

    visit

    Definitions

    1. the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time

    Examples

    • « he dropped by for a visit »

    Derived terms

    • call
    • call in
  10. 2. a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice

    Examples

    • « he scheduled a visit to the dentist »

    Derived terms

    • inspect
  11. 3. the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
  12. 4. the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity

    Examples

    • « a visit to the dentist »
  13. 5. a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)

    Derived terms

    • sojourn

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  • « As I travel around Idaho and visit with seniors, I hear almost universal concern about the rising cost of health care, particularly the cost of prescription drugs. »
    Michael K. Simpson
  • « This is my first opportunity to visit this part of North Africa, so I am going to be able to go back home and talk about this beautiful country and encourage Americans to travel here. »
    Donald Evans
  • « I really wish we could stay longer in the countries we visit, but I've been lucky to have visited most of them before, because I've done a tremendous amount of travel. »
    Phil Keoghan
  • « You travel across the country, you visit departments, you give talks, you talk about the work at your laboratory - what's going on, what the opportunities are there - you talk about your own research. »
    Frank Press
  • « A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk. »
    Lisa Bonet

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