Definitions of visit [ˈvɪz ɪt]

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Definition of 'visit'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) visit
to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time.

2.  visit
to stay with as a guest.

3.  visit
to go to for the purpose of official inspection or examination.

4.  visit
to come upon; afflict:
The plague visited London in 1665.

5.  visit
to inflict, as punishment, vengeance, etc. (often fol. by on or upon).

6.  visit
to cause trouble, suffering, etc., to:
to visit one with sorrows.

7.  visit
to access, as a Web site.

8. (v.i.) visit
to make a visit.

9.  visit
to talk or chat casually.

10.  visit
to inflict punishment.

11. (n.) visit
the act of or an instance of visiting:
a long visit.

12.  visit
a chat or talk.

13.  visit
a call paid to a person, family, etc.

14.  visit
a stay or sojourn as a guest.

15.  visit
an official inspection or examination.

16.  visit
the boarding by a naval officer onto a neutral vessel to determine if it is carrying contraband.

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME (v.) (< OF visiter) < L vīsitāre, freq. of vīsere to go to see, itself freq. of vidēre to see)

Definition of 'visit'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) visit
the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
"he dropped by for a visit"

2. (noun) 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"

3. (noun) visit
the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)

4. (noun) visit
the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
"a visit to the dentist"

5. (verb) sojourn, visit
a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)

6. (verb) visit, see
go to see a place, as for entertainment
"We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"

7. (verb) travel to, visit
go to certain places as for sightseeing
"Did you ever visit Paris?"

8. (verb) visit, call in, call
pay a brief visit
"The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"

9. (verb) visit, inspect
come to see in an official or professional capacity
"The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"

10. (verb) inflict, bring down, visit, impose
impose something unpleasant
"The principal visited his rage on the students"

11. (verb) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

12. (verb) visit
stay with as a guest
"Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"

13. (verb) visit
assail
"He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"

Definition of 'visit'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) visit
to go somewhere to spend time with someone who is there
They visited her in the hospital.; We were visiting my aunt in Boston.

2. visit
to go somewhere to spend a short time there
I plan to visit as many cities as possible.

3. (noun) visit
an occasion when sb visits a person or place
a visit to the zoo; We had a surprise visit from Will this weekend.; I promised to pay her a visit next time.

Definition of 'visit'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) visit
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

2. (verb) visit
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

3. (verb) visit
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

4. (verb) visit
to make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others

5. (verb) visit
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

6. (verb) visit
the act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector

Translation of 'visit'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: 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.
Afrikaans: besoek	Arabic: يَزور	Bulgarian: посещавам
Brazilian: visitar	Czech: navštívit	German: besuchen
Danish: besøge; se	Greek: επισκέπτομαι	Spanish: visitar
Estonian: külastama	Farsi: دیدار کردن	Finnish: vierailla
French: visiter	Hebrew: לְבַקֵר	Hindi: देखने जाना
Croatian: posjetiti	Hungarian: meglátogat	Indonesian: mengunjungi
Icelandic: heimsækja	Italian: visitare	Japanese: 訪問する
Korean: 방문하다	Lithuanian: aplankyti	Latvian: apciemot; apmeklēt
Malay: melawat	Dutch: bezoeken	Norwegian: besøke, avlegge et besøk
Polish: odwiedzać	Persian: دیدار کردن	Pashto: پوښتنې ته تلل، ملاقات كول
Portuguese: visitar	Romanian: a vizita	Russian: навещать; посещать
Slovak: navštíviť	Slovenian: obiskati	Serbian: posetiti
Swedish: besöka	Thai: มาเยือน	Turkish: ziyaret etmek
Taiwanese: 探望，訪問	Ukrainian: відвідувати; оглядати	Urdu: زيارت کرنا
Vietnamese: đến thăm	Chinese: 探望，访问
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