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UK
/vˈɪzɪt/
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[ US /ˈvɪzɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈvɪzɪt/ ]
VERB
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go to see a place, as for entertainment
We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning -
stay with as a guest
Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month -
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He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly -
pay a brief visit
The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens -
come to see in an official or professional capacity
The governor visited the prison
The grant administrator visited the laboratory -
go to certain places as for sightseeing
Did you ever visit Paris? -
impose something unpleasant
The principal visited his rage on the students -
talk socially without exchanging too much information
the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
NOUN
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the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
he dropped by for a visit -
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)
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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)
How To Use visit In A Sentence
- Imagine an anthropologist visiting a remote tribal village to study its inhabitants.
- For a few weeks in the summer, visitors are able to go round Buckingham Palace.
- A letter to his wife in 1847 tells of a visit to the Brights at Rochdale; how 'John and I discorded in our views not a little', and how 'I shook peaceable Brightdom as with Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies
- We had another good touristy day today, visiting a few galleries, beaches and the like.
- He did not seem overcome with pleasure at the idea of Philippa's visit, and she felt a little disappointed, but she had been interested in his talk; and as she went back to the house with Miss Mervyn, her mind was so full of it, that she felt obliged to tell her all about Tuvvy and Dennis, and her own plans for Becky's benefit. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes
- A perfect mob of street urchins, loafers, shop-men and bar-keepers who could spare a bit of time, lined up in front of the Palace Hotel and watched the plaid-coated, gray-capped visitors in short knickerbockers and golf stockings puff their pipes around the bar and call for "Porter and h'ale, 'alf and The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras
- Nancy and Andy bring in Stevie for an emergency pediatrician visit on "Weeds" (Showtime at 10), only to turn on the television in the waiting room and learn that the feds are a little too close to catching their family. TV highlights: Monday, Oct.18, 2010
- She visited her relatives in Castledermot on a yearly basis when her brother and sister were alive.
- She had a constant parade of young men coming to visit her.
- Visitors are welcome to fuss and pet the animals. The Sun