visit | English to English Dictionary

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visit

('v/I/z/I/t )

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

Example:
He dropped by for a visit.

source: wordnet30
a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice(noun.group)

Example:
He scheduled a visit to the dentist.

source: wordnet30
the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity(noun.act)

Example:
A visit to the dentist.

source: wordnet30
a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)(noun.act)

Synonym:
sojourn

source: wordnet30
The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician.(noun)

source: webster1913

go to see a place, as for entertainment(verb.social)

Synonym:
see

source: wordnet30
go to certain places as for sightseeing(verb.motion)

Example:
Did you ever visit Paris?.

Synonym:
travel to

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pay a brief visit(verb.social)

Synonym:
call, call in

source: wordnet30
come to see in an official or professional capacity(verb.motion)

Example:
The governor visited the prison.
The grant administrator visited the laboratory.

Synonym:
inspect

source: wordnet30
impose something unpleasant(verb.communication)

Example:
The principal visited his rage on the students.

Synonym:
bring down, impose, inflict

source: wordnet30
talk socially without exchanging too much information(verb.communication)

Synonym:
chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze

source: wordnet30
stay with as a guest(verb.stative)

Example:
Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month.

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assail(verb.change)

Example:
He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly.

source: wordnet30
To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.(verb)

source: webster1913