visit
Use Visit in a sentence
ɪt 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.
verb (used without object)
10.
to make a visit.
11.
to talk or chat casually: to visit on the phone with a friend.
12.
to inflict punishment.
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noun
13.
the act of or an instance of visiting: a nice, long visit.
14.
a chat or talk: We had a good visit on the way back from the grocery store.
15.
a call paid to a person, family, etc.
16.
a stay or sojourn as a guest.
17.
an official inspection or examination.
18.
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.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English visiten (v.) (< Old French visiter) < Latin vīsitāre, frequentative of vīsere to go to see, itself frequentative of vidēre to see
1175–1225; Middle English visiten (v.) (< Old French visiter) < Latin vīsitāre, frequentative of vīsere to go to see, itself frequentative of vidēre to see
Related forms
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
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visit (ˈvɪzɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (usually foll by with) , -its, -iting, -ited | |
| 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; |
| 6. | archaic to afflict or plague (with punishment, etc) |
| 7. | informal (US), (Canadian) ( |
| —n | |
| 8. | the act or an instance of visiting |
| 9. | a stay as a guest |
| 10. | a professional or official call |
| 11. | a formal call for the purpose of inspection or examination |
| 12. | 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 |
| 13. | informal (US), (Canadian) a friendly talk or chat |
| [C13: from Latin vīsitāre to go to see, from vīsere to examine, from vidēre to see] | |
| 'visitable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
visit
early 13c., "come to (a person) to comfort or benefit," from O.Fr. visiter, from L. visitare "to go to see, come to inspect," frequentative of visere "behold, visit" (a person or place), from pp. stem of videre "to see, notice, observe" (see vision). Originally of the deity,
later of pastors and doctors (c.1300), general sense of "pay a call" is from 1620s. Meaning "come upon, afflict" (in ref. to sickness, punishment, etc.) is recorded from mid-14c. The noun is 1620s, from the verb.
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Computing Dictionary
visit definition
programmingTo process a node while traversing a graph.
(2001-09-30)
American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
We can't even build the equivalent of a canoe to visit the island across the channel.
They visit their doctor's each year half again as often as younger people, and they require about twice as much hospitalization.
It took concerted effort for the group to leave the conference room and visit the actual people in need.
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