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visit
[viz-it]
verb (used with object)
to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc..
to visit a friend; to visit clients; to visit Paris.
to stay with as a guest.
to come or go to.
to visit a church for prayer.
to go to for the purpose of official inspection or examination.
a general visiting his troops.
to come to in order to comfort or aid.
to visit the sick.
to come upon; assail; afflict.
The plague visited London in 1665.
to cause trouble, suffering, etc., to come to.
to visit him with sorrows.
to access, as a website.
to inflict, as punishment, vengeance, etc. (often followed by on orupon ).
verb (used without object)
to make a visit.
to talk or chat casually.
to visit on the phone with a friend.
to inflict punishment.
noun
the act of or an instance of visiting.
a nice, long visit.
a chat or talk.
We had a good visit on the way back from the grocery store.
a call paid to a person, family, etc.
a stay or sojourn as a guest.
an official inspection or examination.
the act of an officer of a belligerent nation in boarding a vessel in order to ascertain the nature of its cargo, its nationality, etc..
the right of visit and search.
visit
/ ˈɪɪ /
verb
to go or come to see (a person, place, etc)
to stay with (someone) as a guest
to go or come to (an institution, place, etc) for the purpose of inspecting or examining
(tr) (of a disease, disaster, etc) to assail; afflict
(tr; foll by upon or on) to inflict (punishment, etc)
the judge visited his full anger upon the defendant
archaicto afflict or plague (with punishment, etc)
informal(often foll by with) to chat or converse (with someone)
noun
the act or an instance of visiting
a stay as a guest
a professional or official call
a formal call for the purpose of inspection or examination
international law the right of an officer of a belligerent state to stop and search neutral ships in war to verify their nationality and ascertain whether they carry contraband
the right of visit and search
informala friendly talk or chat
Other Word Forms
- intervisit verb (used without object)
- nonvisiting adjective
- previsit noun
- revisit verb
- unvisited adjective
- unvisiting adjective
- ˈٲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of visit1
Word History and Origins
Origin of visit1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
They reveal only the address of the agents we've just visited, and that the GHF changed its name from the "Global Humanitarian Fund" to the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" on 28 April.
"This is big, I must say, because we never had visits from a president at all, and it's very welcomed," says veteran Greenlandic official, Kaj Kleist.
For more information and support on organ transplants, visit BBC Action Line.
I hadn’t seen her in nearly 20 years, when I wrote about her father and visited her home in Inglewood to deliver $2,000 donated by readers who read his story.
The family has since filed a police complaint and has made countless visits to the Civil Hospital.
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