visit

visit
vis|it1 W1S2 [ˈvızıt] v
[Date: 1100-1200; : Old French; Origin: visiter, from Latin visitare, from visere 'to go to see', from videre; VISION]
1.) [I and T]
to go and spend time in a place or with someone, especially for pleasure or interest
▪ Eric went to Seattle to visit his cousins.
▪ I was really pleased that they came to visit me.
▪ Which cities did you visit in Spain?
▪ A recent trip to London gave me the opportunity to visit the Science Museum.
▪ She doesn't visit very often.
2.) [T]
to go to a place as part of your official job, especially to examine it
▪ The building inspector is visiting the new housing project.
visit with AmE
▪ The President's first trip abroad will be to visit with troops in Bosnia.
3.) [T] formal
to go to see a doctor, lawyer etc in order to get treatment or advice
4.) [T]
to look at a website on the Internet
▪ Over 1,000 people visit our site every week.
5.) [i]AmE
to talk socially with someone
visit with
▪ Why don't you kids play outside while we visit with each other?
visit on / [visit sth on sb/sth] phr v
to do something to punish someone or show them that you are angry
▪ God's wrath will be visited on sinners.
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HINT sense 1
In spoken English it is more usual to say that you go to a place or go to see/go and see a person or place: We went to the Louvre. |I'm going to see my mother.
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visit 2
visit2 W3 n
1.) an occasion when someone goes to spend time in a place or goes to see a person
visit to
▪ a visit to Chicago
▪ We're just here on a short visit .
▪ Why don't you come for a visit this summer?
▪ I decided to pay him a visit at his office.
▪ I've just had a visit from the police.
▪ I'm only here for the weekend - just a flying visit this time.
▪ his first official visit to Britain as Russian President
▪ The town is well worth a visit .
2.) an occasion when you see a doctor, lawyer etc for treatment or advice
3.) AmE an occasion when you talk socially with someone
▪ Barbara and I had a nice long visit.
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
on a visit
for a visit
pay somebody a visit (=visit someone)
have a visit from somebody
flying visit British English (=a very short visit)
official visit
be (well) worth a visit (=be interesting to go to)
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Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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