visit

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

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

4 the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist"

5 a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) [syn: sojourn]

1 visit a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning" [syn: see]

2 go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit Paris?" [syn: travel to]

3 pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" [syn: call in, call]

4 come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory" [syn: inspect]

5 impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down, impose]

6 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, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver]

7 stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"

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

English

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɪzɪt/
• Rhymes with: -ɪzɪt

Verb

1. To go and meet a person or see a place.

Translations

Noun

1. A single act of visiting.
2. In the context of "medecine|insurance": An office visit; a billable encounter.

Derived terms

• conjugal visit
• flying visit

Translations

• Arabic: (ziyára)
• Azeri: görüş
• Chinese: 探訪, 探访 (tànfǎng); 訪視, 访视 (fǎngshì); 參觀, 参观 (cānguān); 觀光, 观光 (guānguāng)
• Czech: návštěva
• Dutch: bezoek, visite
• Finnish: vierailla, tutustua
• French: visite
• German: Besuch
• Hebrew:
• Indonesian: kunjungan
• Japanese: 訪問 (ほうもん, hōmon)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: میوانداری, سه‌ردان

• Polish: widzenie
• Slovene: obisk
• Spanish: visita
• Vietnamese: đi thăm

Related terms

• visitation
• visitor

A visit is where a person, or people, goes to either see someone or a place. It can refer to many things:

• A visitation
• A State visit
• A Conjugal visit

Visit may also refer to:

• US-VISIT, a U.S. immigration and border management system

In fiction:

• Constable Visit, a fictional character from the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett

In computer science:

• VisIt, interactive parallel visualization and analysis software.

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