Visit - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈvɪzɪt|  American pronunciation of the word visit
Brit.  |ˈvɪzɪt|  British pronunciation of the word visit

noun

- the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
he dropped by for a visit
- a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
he scheduled a visit to the dentist
- the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
- the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
a visit to the dentist
- a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) (syn: sojourn)

verb

- go to see a place, as for entertainment (syn: see)
- go to certain places as for sightseeing
Did you ever visit Paris?
- pay a brief visit (syn: call, call in)
- come to see in an official or professional capacity (syn: inspect)
The governor visited the prison
The grant administrator visited the laboratory
- impose something unpleasant (syn: bring down, impose, inflict)
The principal visited his rage on the students
- talk socially without exchanging too much information (syn: chaffer, chat, chatter, chit-chat, chitchat, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter)
- stay with as a guest
Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month
- assail
He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly

Extra examples

She is visiting her aunt in New York.

When are you coming to visit?

He is visiting a client in Phoenix.

She visits her doctor regularly.

I would like to visit Rome someday.

City officials visited the building site.

Our town was once visited by the President.

Be sure to visit our Web site.

We had a visit from the company president.

Our son came home for a visit.

Have you been here before, or is this your first visit?

We had a nice visit after the meeting.

This is my first visit to your country.

In cases of urgent necessity, patients will be visited at their own houses.

Some say that gleams of a remoter world visit the soul in sleep.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: visit
he/she/it: visits
present participle: visiting
past tense: visited
past participle: visited
noun
singular: visit
plural: visits
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