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Visit   /vˈɪzət/  /vˈɪzɪt/   Listen
Visit

noun
1.
The act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time.
2.
A meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice.
3.
The act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection).
4.
The act of going to see some person in a professional capacity.
5.
A temporary stay (e.g., as a guest).  Synonym: sojourn.
verb
(past & past part. visited; pres. part. visiting)
1.
Go to see a place, as for entertainment.  Synonym: see.
2.
Go to certain places as for sightseeing.  Synonym: travel to.
3.
Pay a brief visit.  Synonyms: call, call in.
4.
Come to see in an official or professional capacity.  Synonym: inspect.  "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"
5.
Impose something unpleasant.  Synonyms: bring down, impose, inflict.
6.
Talk socially without exchanging too much information.  Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze.
7.
Stay with as a guest.
8.
Assail.



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"Visit" Quotes from Famous Books



... of my sojourn on shore was spent in a visit to Don Pedro's plantation in the vale, and it was dark when we arrived home. After the light refreshment which constitutes the evening meal of Cuba, Don Pedro pleaded business, and left the apartment—and for the first time that day I ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 • Various
... creek above here. I think they're on a visit to the Shoshones. Eight hundred men they are, or more. Hit's more'n what it was with the Sioux on the Platte, fer ye're not so many now. An' any time now the main band may come. Git ready, men. Fer me, I must git back to my own train. They may be back ...
— The Covered Wagon • Emerson Hough
... plenty of food for meditation while Dr. Lambert paid his visit to his patient, and he found her apparently absorbed in a brown study when he ...
— Our Bessie • Rosa Nouchette Carey
... who interested herself in his welfare. Olga, after losing sight of him for nearly two years, by chance discovered his whereabouts and his circumstances, and twice in the past week had paid him a visit. ...
— The Crown of Life • George Gissing
... in the heart of Kaus to survey all the provinces and states of his empire. He wished to visit Turan, and Chin, and Mikran, and Berber, and Zirra. Having commenced his royal tour of inspection, he found the King of Berberistan in a state of rebellion, with his army prepared to dispute his authority. A severe battle ...
— Persian Literature, Volume 1,Comprising The Shah Nameh, The - Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan • Anonymous


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