visit

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visit

My grandmother enjoys a short visit from her grandchildren.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A temporary stay as a guest: An act of going to see and spend time with a person or people, often socially.
    • An act of going to see a professional: The act of going to see someone, such as a doctor or lawyer, for treatment, advice, or consultation.
    • An official or formal call: The act of going to a place in an official capacity, such as for an inspection or review.
    • A sightseeing trip: The act of going to see a place, monument, or attraction, often for pleasure or education.

  2. Verb:

    • To go to see a person or place: To go to spend time with someone socially or to go to see a place of interest.
    • To stay with as a guest: To go and stay temporarily with a person or at a place.
    • To go to for professional purposes: To go to see someone like a doctor, or to a place like a business, for a specific purpose.
    • To afflict or befall: (Formal) To come upon someone, as with a disease, misfortune, or supernatural event.
    • To inflict punishment or impose something: (Formal) To cause something unpleasant to happen to someone; to punish.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • We had a lovely visit from my aunt last weekend.
    • I have a dental visit scheduled for next Tuesday.
    • The inspector's visit to the factory was unannounced.
    • Our visit to the museum was very educational.

  • Verb:

    • We plan to visit our grandparents next month.
    • She visited Rome last summer and loved it.
    • You should visit a doctor about that cough.
    • A terrible plague visited the village. (Formal)
    • The principal visited his anger on the entire class. (Formal)
Advanced Usage

  • "To pay a visit": To go and see someone or something, often for a short time.

    • I need to pay a visit to the bank this afternoon.

  • "To be visited upon": (Formal, often religious/literary) To be inflicted as a punishment or consequence.

    • The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children.

  • "To visit with": (Chiefly North American) To chat or converse socially with someone.

    • She sat on the porch, visiting with her neighbor.
Variants and Related Words

  • Visitor (n): A person who visits a person or place.

    • The museum had over a thousand visitors today.

  • Visitation (n): A formal or official visit, especially one of inspection; also, a prolonged or burdensome visit. In religious contexts, it can refer to a special divine dispensation.

    • The child's weekend visitation with her father.
    • The angel's visitation to Mary.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Call, stay, sojourn, appointment, consultation, tour.
  • Verb: Call on, see, drop in on, stay with, tour, inspect, afflict, inflict.
Related Phrasal Verbs

  • Visit on/upon: (Formal) To inflict something, typically punishment or something unpleasant.

    • He visited his frustrations upon his subordinates.

  • Visit with: (Chiefly North American) To spend time talking socially with someone.

    • I visited with my old friend for hours.
Related Idioms

  • A flying visit: A very short visit.

    • I can only make a flying visit as I'm in a hurry.

  • Visit from the stork: (Humorous) The birth of a baby.

    • They're expecting a visit from the stork in June.
visit

My grandmother enjoys a short visit from her grandchildren.

Noun
  1. a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
  2. the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
    • a visit to the dentist
  3. the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
  4. 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
  5. the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
    • he dropped by for a visit
Verb
  1. assail
    • He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly
  2. stay with as a guest
    • Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month
  3. talk socially without exchanging too much information
    • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
  4. impose something unpleasant
    • The principal visited his rage on the students
  5. come to see in an official or professional capacity
    • The governor visited the prison
    • The grant administrator visited the laboratory
  6. pay a brief visit
    • The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
  7. go to certain places as for sightseeing
    • Did you ever visit Paris?
  8. go to see a place, as for entertainment
    • We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning

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