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Meaning of 'visit' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Visit [ v. i.]
- To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
2 . Visit [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge.
- To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath.
- 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.
- The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector.

Meaning of 'visit' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . visit [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
Example in sentence:
  • a visit to the dentist
Meaning (2):
- the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
Example in sentence:
  • he dropped by for a visit
Meaning (3):
- a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
Example in sentence:
  • he scheduled a visit to the dentist
4 . visit [ v]
Meaning (4):
- go to certain places as for sightseeing
Example in sentence:
  • Did you ever visit Paris?
Meaning (5):
- stay with as a guest
Example in sentence:
  • Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month
Meaning (6):
- assail
Example in sentence:
  • He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly
Meaning (7):
- come to see in an official or professional capacity
Example in sentence:
  • The governor visited the prison;
  • The grant administrator visited the laboratory
Meaning (8):
- pay a brief visit
Example in sentence:
  • The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
Meaning (9):
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
Example in sentence:
  • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Meaning (10):
- impose something unpleasant
Example in sentence:
  • The principal visited his rage on the students
Meaning (11):
- go to see a place, as for entertainment
Example in sentence:
  • We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning

Nearby Words:

vis vis-a-vis visa visaed visage visaged visaing visard viscacha viscera

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