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visit

[ viz-it ]

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.

  6. to come upon; assail; afflict:

    The plague visited London in 1665.

  7. to cause trouble, suffering, etc., to come to:

    to visit him with sorrows.

  8. to access, as a website.
  9. to inflict, as punishment, vengeance, etc. (often followed by on or upon ).


verb (used without object)

  1. to make a visit.
  2. to talk or chat casually:

    to visit on the phone with a friend.

  3. to inflict punishment.

noun

  1. the act of or an instance of visiting:

    a nice, long visit.

  2. a chat or talk:

    We had a good visit on the way back from the grocery store.

  3. a call paid to a person, family, etc.
  4. a stay or sojourn as a guest.
  5. an official inspection or examination.
  6. 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.

visit

/ ˈɪɪ /

verb

  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; foll by upon or on to inflict (punishment, etc)

    the judge visited his full anger upon the defendant

  6. archaic.
    trusually foll bywith to afflict or plague (with punishment, etc)
  7. informal.
    often foll by with to chat or converse (with someone)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of visiting
  2. a stay as a guest
  3. a professional or official call
  4. a formal call for the purpose of inspection or examination
  5. 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

  6. informal.
    a friendly talk or chat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • t·i verb (used without object)
  • ԴDz·i·Բ adjective
  • ·i noun verb
  • ·i verb noun
  • ܲ·i· adjective
  • ܲ·i·Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of visit1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English visiten (verb), from Old French visiter, from Latin ī “to see repeatedly,” from ī “to go to see,” from ŧ “to see”; noun derivative of the verb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of visit1

C13: from Latin ī to go to see, from ī to examine, from ŧ to see
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Idioms and Phrases

see pay a call (visit) .
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Example Sentences

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When the Dodgers announced this visit last month — they will go to the White House Monday before their series opener against the Washington Nationals — Betts said he was undecided about whether he would participate.

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Turns out two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell had more on his mind than the lineup of the visiting Detroit Tigers last week when he made his first start as a Dodger.

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Last spring, B45’s pro sales rep, Kevin Young, was making an annual tour of Major League Baseball’s spring training complexes to visit clients.

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There are plenty of people in and around the precinct, which is in the heart of the town, trying to get inside to park or visit shops and businesses.

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We are still in Los Angeles but regularly visit Carlo’s family in Italy.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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