Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈvɪzɪt/
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ˈvɪzɪt
Verb
To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
Usage- Transitive
To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
Usage- Intransitive
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We visit our grandparents on Sundays.
She decided to visit her grandparents for Christmas.
Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
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[God] hath visited and redeemed his people.
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Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.
To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).
Usage- Archaic
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Her life was spared by the clemency of the emperor, but he visited the pomp and treasures of her palace.
Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
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There used to be a sharp contest as to where the effigy was to be made, for the people thought that the house from which it was carried forth would not be visited with death that year.
To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
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05-032 was right about one thing: there is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to visit utter annihilation on it.
If this were an Ibsen play, we would be thinking of the sins of one generation being visited upon another, he said.
To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
Usage- Transitive
To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.
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I want to visit this museum.
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Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
Each year, millions of people visit the 4,570-meter-high Baishui Glacier in southern China.
Noun
A single act of visiting.
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Thank you for your visit.
Next time you're in Manchester, give me a visit.
We paid a quick visit to James on the way up to Scotland.
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There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
Noun
the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
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he dropped by for a visit
a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
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he scheduled a visit to the dentist
the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
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the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
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a visit to the dentist
a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
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Verb
go to see a place, as for entertainment
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We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning
go to certain places as for sightseeing
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Did you ever visit Paris?
pay a brief visit
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The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
come to see in an official or professional capacity
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The governor visited the prison
The grant administrator visited the laboratory
impose something unpleasant
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The principal visited his rage on the students
talk socially without exchanging too much information
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the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
stay with as a guest
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Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month
assail
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He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly