vis·it (v z t)v. vis·it·ed, vis·it·ing, vis·its v.tr. 1. 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. 5. 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. n. 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 v  sit re, frequentative of vsere, to want to see, go to see, from vid re, 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)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" 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?"sightsee - visit famous or interesting sights | |
| 3. |  visit - pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"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" | |
| 4. |  visit - come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory" | |
| 5. |  visit - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" 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" | |
| 7. |  visit - stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month" | |
| 8. |  visit - assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly" |
visit
verb 1. call on, go to see, drop in on (informal) stop by, look up, call in on, pop in on (informal) pay a call on, go see U.S.
verb 2. stay at, stay with, spend time with, pay a visit to, be the guest of
3. stay in, see, tour, explore, take in (informal) holiday in, go to see, stop by, spend time in, vacation in U.S. stop over in
noun 4. call, social call
Translations
visit [ˈvɪzɪt] n → visite f (= stay); séjour m
on a private/official visit → en visite privée/officielle
v visit [ˈvizit]
1 to go to see (a person or place) We visited my parents at the weekend; They visited the ruins at Pompeii while they were on holiday. besoek يَزور посещавам navštívit besøge; se besuchen επισκέπτομαι visitar külastama دیدار کردن käydä visiter לְבַקֵר देखने जाना posjetiti meglátogat mengunjungi heimsækja visitare 訪問する ...을 찾아가다, 방문하다 aplankyti apciemot; apmeklēt melawat bezoeken besøke, avlegge et besøk odwiedzać visitar a vizita навещать; посещать navštíviť obiskati posetiti besöka มาเยือน ziyaret etmek 探望，訪問 відвідувати; оглядати زيارت کرنا đến thăm 探望，访问
2 to stay in (a place) or with (a person) for a time Many birds visit (Britain) only during the summer months. besoek يَمْكُث، يأتي إلى навестявам pobývat, zdržovat se besøge aufsuchen μένω σε κπ. ή κάπου για ένα διάστημα visitar, ir viibima سر زدن؛ رفتن käydä séjourner (à/chez) לְהִתאַרֵח आगमन posjetiti látogatást tesz (vkinél, vhol) tinggal sementara dvelja(st) visitare 滞在する ...에 머무르다 lankyti(s) (īslaicīgi) uzturēties mengunjungi bezoeken besøke, dvele przebywać w visitar a sta (la/cu) останавливаться; наведываться zdržiavať sa biti na obisku posetiti komma till, hälsa på แวะเยี่ยม bir yerde bir süre kalmak 短期逗留 бувати; тимчасово знаходитися ٹھہرنا ở chơi 短期逗留
n
an act of going to see someone or something for pleasure, socially, professionally etc, or going to stay for a time We went on a visit to my aunt's; the children's visit to the museum. besoek زيارَه посещение návštěva besøg der Besuch επίσκεψη visita külastus سر زدن؛ بازدید کردن käynti visite בִּיקוּר मुलाकात posjet látogatás kunjungan heimsókn visita 訪問 방문; 체재 ap(si)lankymas, viešnagė vizīte; apciemojums; apmeklējums melawat; mengunjungi bezoek besøk, visitt pobyt, wizyta visita vizită визит; посещение návšteva obisk poseta besök, visit แวะเยี่ยม ziyaret 訪問 відвідування; поїздка زيارت، سير sự viếng thăm, sự ở chơi 访问
n visitor
a person who visits, socially or professionally I'm expecting visitors from America; We're having visitors next week. besoeker زائِر посетител návštěvník, -ice gæst; besøgende der/die Besucher(in) επισκέπτης visita, invitado külaline ملاقات کننده؛ بازدید کننده vieras visiteur/-euse אוֹרֵח, מְבֵקֵר भेंट करने वाला posjetitelj látogató tamu gestur, aðkomumaður visitatore, visitatrice 訪問客 방문객; 체재객 lankytojas, svečias viesis; apmeklētājs pelawat bezoeker gjest, besøk(ende) gość visita vizitator посетитель, гость návštevník, -čka gost; obiskovalec posetilac besökare, besök ผู้เยี่ยมเยือน ziyaretçi 訪問者，來賓 відвідувач, гість زائر، ملاقاتي khách du lịch 访问者，来宾
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