Definitions for visit
ˈvɪz ɪtvis·it

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. visit(noun)

   the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time

   "he dropped by for a visit"

2. 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"

3. visit(noun)

   the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)

4. visit(noun)

   the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity

   "a visit to the dentist"

5. sojourn, visit(verb)

   a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)

6. visit, see(verb)

   go to see a place, as for entertainment

   "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"

7. travel to, visit(verb)

   go to certain places as for sightseeing

   "Did you ever visit Paris?"

8. visit, call in, call(verb)

   pay a brief visit

   "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"

9. visit, inspect(verb)

   come to see in an official or professional capacity

   "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"

10. inflict, bring down, visit, impose(verb)

    impose something unpleasant

    "The principal visited his rage on the students"

11. chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit(verb)

    talk socially without exchanging too much information

    "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

12. visit(verb)

    stay with as a guest

    "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"

13. visit(verb)

    assail

    "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. visit(Noun)

   A single act of visiting.

   Etymology: From visito, frequentative of viso, from video.

2. visit(Noun)

   A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.

   Etymology: From visito, frequentative of viso, from video.

3. visit(Verb)

   Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort or bless them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

   Etymology: From visito, frequentative of viso, from video.

4. visit(Verb)

   To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

   Etymology: From visito, frequentative of viso, from video.

5. visit(Verb)

   To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.

   Etymology: From visito, frequentative of viso, from video.

6. visit(Verb)

   To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).

   Etymology: From visito, frequentative of viso, from video.

7. visit(Verb)

   Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).

   Etymology: From visito, frequentative of viso, from video.

8. visit(Verb)

   To inflict punishment, vengence for (an offense) on or upon someone.

   Etymology: From visito, frequentative of viso, from video.

9. visit(Verb)

   To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

   Etymology: From visito, frequentative of viso, from video.

10. visit(Verb)

    To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.

    Etymology: From visito, frequentative of viso, from video.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Visit(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [F. visiter, L. visitare, fr. visere to go to see, to visit, fr. videre, visum to see. See Vision.]

2. Visit(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [F. visiter, L. visitare, fr. visere to go to see, to visit, fr. videre, visum to see. See Vision.]

3. Visit(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [F. visiter, L. visitare, fr. visere to go to see, to visit, fr. videre, visum to see. See Vision.]

4. Visit(verb)

   to make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others

   Etymology: [F. visiter, L. visitare, fr. visere to go to see, to visit, fr. videre, visum to see. See Vision.]

5. Visit(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [F. visiter, L. visitare, fr. visere to go to see, to visit, fr. videre, visum to see. See Vision.]

6. Visit(verb)

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

   Etymology: [F. visiter, L. visitare, fr. visere to go to see, to visit, fr. videre, visum to see. See Vision.]

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1. VisIt

   VisIt is an open source interactive parallel visualization and graphical analysis tool for viewing scientific data. It can be used to visualize scalar and vector fields defined on 2D and 3D structured and unstructured meshes. VisIt was designed to handle very large data set sizes in the terascale range and yet can also handle small data sets in the kilobyte range.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Visit

   viz′it, v.t. to go to see or inspect: to attend: enter, appear in: to call on: (B.) to reward or punish.—v.i. to be in the habit of seeing or meeting each other: to keep up acquaintance.—n. act of visiting or going to see.—adjs. Vis′itable, subject to visitation: attractive to visitors; Vis′itant, paying visits, visiting.—n. one who visits: one who is a guest in the house of another: a migratory bird: one of an order of nuns founded by St Francis de Sales in 1610, also called Salesians, Order (also Nuns) of the Visitation—the order has done much in the education of young girls.—n. Visitā′tion, act of visiting: examination by authority: a dispensation, whether of divine favour or retribution: (rare) the object of a visit: the act of a naval commander in boarding the vessel of another state to ascertain her character and object: a visit of a herald to a district for the examination of its arms, pedigrees, &c.: an unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region: (eccles.) a festival to commemorate the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth, observed by the Roman and Greek Churches on 2d July.—adjs. Visitātō′rial, Visitō′rial.—n. Vis′iting, the act of paying visits: prompting, influence.—adj. that which visits.—ns. Vis′iting-book, a book recording the names of persons who have called or are to be called on; Vis′iting-card, a small card, on which the name, address, or title, may be printed, to be left in making calls or paying visits, and sometimes sent as an act of courtesy or in token of sympathy; Vis′iting-day, a day on which one is at home or ready to receive callers; Vis′itor, -er, one who visits, calls on, or makes a stay with a person: a person authorised to visit an institution to see that it is managed properly:—fem. Vis′itress.—Visitation of the sick, an office in the Anglican Church, used for the spiritual benefit of the sick, provision being also made for special confession and absolution. [Fr. visiter—L. visitāre, freq. of visĕre, to go to see, visit—vidēre, to see.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'visit' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1328

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'visit' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2525

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'visit' in Nouns Frequency: #430

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'visit' in Verbs Frequency: #197

How to pronounce visit?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of visit in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of visit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of visit in a Sentence

1. H. L. Mencken:

   Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends

2. Erika Miller:

   I do find it curious the amount of opprobrium and time that protesters dedicate to the freely elected leader of a free country, that they don't direct towards the visit of somebody like the president of China.

3. Dee Margo:

   This is not a political visit, he is President of the United States. So in that capacity, I will fulfill my obligations as mayor of El Paso and hope that if we are expressing specifics that we can get him to come through for us.

4. Eytan Gilboa:

   These things are formulated weeks if not months before such a visit, but it seems that the White House is in such disarray that it's not clear what will happen.

5. Tongthong Chandransu:

   Because King Mongkut was a monk, he ordered that the procession should visit important Buddhist temples so the new monarch can provide alms to monks.

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