visit

[ viz-it ]

verb (used with object)

1. 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.

2. to stay with as a guest.
3. to come or go to:

   to visit a church for prayer.

4. to go to for the purpose of official inspection or examination:

   a general visiting his troops.

5. to come to in order to comfort or aid:

   to visit the sick.

6. to come upon; assail; afflict:

   The plague visited London in 1665.

7. to cause trouble, suffering, etc., to come to:

   to visit him with sorrows.

8. to access, as a website.
9. to inflict, as punishment, vengeance, etc. (often followed by on or upon ).

verb (used without object)

1. to make a visit.
2. to talk or chat casually:

   to visit on the phone with a friend.

3. to inflict punishment.

noun

1. the act of or an instance of visiting:

   a nice, long visit.

2. a chat or talk:

   We had a good visit on the way back from the grocery store.

3. a call paid to a person, family, etc.
4. a stay or sojourn as a guest.
5. an official inspection or examination.
6. 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

/ ˈvɪzɪt /

verb

1. to go or come to see (a person, place, etc)
2. to stay with (someone) as a guest
3. to go or come to (an institution, place, etc) for the purpose of inspecting or examining
4. tr (of a disease, disaster, etc) to assail; afflict
5. tr; foll by upon or on to inflict (punishment, etc)

   the judge visited his full anger upon the defendant

6. archaic.
   trusually foll bywith to afflict or plague (with punishment, etc)
7. informal.
   often foll by with to chat or converse (with someone)

noun

1. the act or an instance of visiting
2. a stay as a guest
3. a professional or official call
4. a formal call for the purpose of inspection or examination
5. 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

6. informal.
   a friendly talk or chat

Derived Forms

• ˈvisitable, adjective

Other Words From

• inter·visit verb (used without object)
• non·visit·ing adjective
• pre·visit noun verb
• re·visit verb noun
• un·visit·ed adjective
• un·visit·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of visit¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English visiten (verb), from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitāre “to see repeatedly,” from vīsere “to go to see,” from vidēre “to see”; noun derivative of the verb

Word History and Origins

Origin of visit¹

C13: from Latin vīsitāre to go to see, from vīsere to examine, from vidēre to see

Idioms and Phrases

see pay a call (visit) .

Example Sentences

“Time Capsule” walks users through a linear experience with between 45 and 60 minutes of content, but it sounds like it’s also designed to support further exploration and additional visits.

From TechCrunch

A visit to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is just 23 miles west.

From Outside Online

The agency has since extended its agreement with contractor Allied Universal through the end 2021 to allow MTS’s new security director to play a greater role in the process, and to conduct visits now complicated by coronavirus restrictions.

From Voice of San Diego

Bregman said that visits with his brother in their younger years meant tagging along with him to medical emergencies.

From Washington Post

Only companies that understand what makes a customer satisfied will be the ones able to implement an effective customer experience strategy that will make the visit worth repeating.

From Digiday

You will have your beloved father back sooner than you think, and you can visit and communicate with him all the while.

From The Daily Beast

He hasn't bothered to visit Iguala, the place where the students were abducted and killed.

From The Daily Beast

From his purview, our visit and interest had brought excitement to him and his peers.

From The Daily Beast

On May 9, which Moscow commemorates as World War II “Victory Day,” Klaus paid a highly visible visit to the Russian Embassy.

From The Daily Beast

Both Prados have enough magic that, after you visit them, the whole world feels like their gift shop for a few hours.

From The Daily Beast

When the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs. Pruitt.

From Project Gutenberg

M'Bongo, the great chief of this neighbourhood, paid a ceremonial visit to my husband.

From Project Gutenberg

Levee: a ceremonious visit received by a distinguished person in the morning.

From Project Gutenberg

I really ought to visit my California estates, and I have always wanted to see that part of America.

From Project Gutenberg

In the spring of 1868 he was taken by his mother for a visit to England, and there, in the same year, his sister was born.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• appointment
• call
• holiday
• interview
• stay
• stop
• stopover
• talk
• vacation