'Visit' definitions:
Definition of 'visit'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit"
noun
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"
noun
The act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
noun
The act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist"
noun
A temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) [syn: sojourn, visit]
verb
Go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning" [syn: visit, see]
verb
Go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit Paris?" [syn: travel to, visit]
verb
Pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" [syn: visit, call in, call]
verb
Come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory" [syn: visit, inspect]
verb
Impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down, visit, impose]
verb
Talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
verb
Stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"
verb
Assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"
Definition of 'Visit'
From: GCIDE
- Visit \Vis"it\, v. i. To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Visit'
From: GCIDE
- Visit \Vis"it\, n. [Cf. F. visite. See Visit, v. t., and cf. Visite.]
- 1. The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector. [1913 Webster]
- Right of visit (Internat. Law), the right of visitation. See Visitation, 4. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Visit'
From: GCIDE
- Visit \Vis"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visited; p. pr. & vb. n. Visiting.] [F. visiter, L. visitare, fr. visere to go to see, to visit, fr. videre, visum to see. See Vision.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically: To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Script.) To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath. [1913 Webster]
- [God] hath visited and redeemed his people. --Like i. 68. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'visit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admit,
- affect,
- afflict,
- appear,
- assail,
- assister,
- attack,
- attend,
- avenge,
- barge in,
- be admitted,
- be at,
- be closeted with,
- be present at,
- befall,
- bother,
- break in,
- breeze in,
- burst in,
- bust in,
- call,
- call on,
- call upon,
- catch,
- causerie,
- chat,
- chin,
- colloque,
- come barging in,
- come breezing in,
- come busting in,
- come by,
- come in,
- come over,
- come to,
- coze,
- cozy chat,
- creep in,
- cross the threshold,
- crowd in,
- descend upon,
- do,
- drop in,
- drop in on,
- duty visit,
- edge in,
- enter,
- fall upon,
- force,
- formal visit,
- frequent,
- friendly chat,
- gain admittance,
- gam,
- get in,
- go in,
- go into,
- go to,
- gossip,
- have an entree,
- have an in,
- heart-to-heart talk,
- hie to,
- hop in,
- impose,
- inflict,
- insert,
- intrude,
- irrupt,
- jam in,
- jump in,
- little talk,
- look in,
- look on,
- look up,
- mad round,
- make conversation,
- make the scene,
- pack in,
- pain,
- pay a visit,
- pop in,
- prattle,
- press in,
- prittle-prattle,
- punish,
- push in,
- put in,
- repair to,
- required visit,
- reside,
- resort to,
- run in,
- scourge,
- see,
- seize,
- set foot in,
- show up,
- sit in,
- slip in,
- smite,
- social call,
- social round,
- social whirl,
- sojourn,
- squeeze in,
- stay,
- step in,
- stop,
- stop by,
- stop off,
- stop over,
- stopover,
- take in,
- talk,
- tarriance,
- tarry,
- tete-a-tete,
- thrust in,
- tittle-tattle,
- trouble,
- turn up,
- visitation,
- visiting,
- watch,
- wedge in,
- witness,
- work in,
- wreak,
- wreck,
- yarn
Words containing 'Visit'
- Visitable,
- Visitant,
- Visitation,
- Visite,
- Visited,
- Visiter,
- Visiting,
- Domiciliary visit,
- Right of visit,
- Visiting ant,
- Visiting book,
- Visiting card,
- conjugal visitation,
- flying visit,
- site visit,
- visit upon,
- visitation right,
- visiting fireman,
- visiting nurse,
- visiting professor,
- A Visit from St Nicholas,
- Carte de visite,
- Cartes de visite,
- The Order of the Visitation of Our Lady,
- conjugal visitation right