visit

vis·it (v

v. vis·it·ed, vis·it·ing, vis·its

v.tr.

a. To call on socially: visit friends.

b. To go to see or spend time at (a place) with a certain intent: visit a museum; visited London.

c. To stay with as a guest.

d. To go to see in an official or professional capacity: visited the dentist; a priest visiting his parishioners.

2. To go or come to: visits the bank on Fridays.

3. To go to see in order to aid or console: visit the sick and dying.

4. To make itself known to or seize fleetingly: was visited by a bizarre thought.

a. To afflict or assail: A plague visited the village.

b. To inflict punishment on or for; avenge: The sins of the ancestors were visited on their descendants.

v.intr.

1. To make a visit.

2. Informal To converse or chat: Stay and visit with me for a while.

1. The act or an instance of visiting a person, place, or thing.

2. A stay or sojourn as a guest.

3. The act of visiting in a professional capacity.

4. The act of visiting in an official capacity, such as an inspection or examination.

[Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vsitre, frequentative of vsere, to want to see, go to see, from vidre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

visit

Verb

[-iting, -ited]

1. to go or come to see (a person or place)

2. to stay with (someone) as a guest

3. Old-fashioned (of a disease or disaster) to afflict

4. visit on or upon to inflict (punishment) on

5. visit with US informal to chat with (someone)

Noun

1. the act or an instance of visiting

2. a professional or official call

3. a stay as a guest [Latin visitare to go to see]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	visit - the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit" visitation - an official visit for inspection or supervision; "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"; "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese" site visit - a visit in an official capacity to examine a site to determine its suitability for some enterprise call - a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence" visiting - the activity of making visits; "the purpose was to promote homes, clubs, visiting, and other services" coming together, meeting - the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"
	2.	visit - 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" get together, meeting - a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room"
	3.	visit - the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection) coming together, meeting - the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" flying visit - a visit that last for only a very short time; "he wanted to hear all about my flying visit to his old stamping grounds"
	4.	visit - the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist" call - a visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer" coming together, meeting - the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"
	5.	visit - a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) sojourn stay - continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"
Verb	1.	visit - go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning" see tour - make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer" see - go to see for a social visit; "I went to see my friend Mary the other day" take in - visit for entertainment; "take in the sights"
	2.	visit - go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit Paris?" travel to jaunt, travel, trip - make a trip for pleasure sightsee - visit famous or interesting sights frequent, haunt - be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet"
	3.	visit - pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" call in, call get together, meet - get together socially or for a specific purpose call - make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow" see - go to see for professional or business reasons; "You should see a lawyer"; "We had to see a psychiatrist" see - go to see for a social visit; "I went to see my friend Mary the other day" come by, drop by, drop in - visit informally and spontaneously; "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee"
	4.	visit - come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory" inspect
	5.	visit - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" inflict, impose, bring down communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" dictate, prescribe, order - issue commands or orders for obtrude, intrude - thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer" clamp - impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital" give - inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years" foist - to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
	6.	visit - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, chat, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, confabulate, gossip, chaffer, chatter converse, discourse - carry on a conversation jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
	7.	visit - stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month" abide, bide, stay - dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
	8.	visit - assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly" afflict, smite - cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"