Visit (Verb)
Meaning 1
Impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 2
Stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- My family visits their friends in the city every winter to celebrate New Year's Eve.
- The neighbors will visit us for dinner tomorrow night.
- When I was a child, my grandparents would visit us for Christmas every year.
- They visit their aunt in the suburbs during the holidays.
- Every summer, my cousins visit us at the beachhouse for two weeks.
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Meaning 3
Come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 4
Pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 5
Go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit Paris?".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- We're going to visit Rome during our European vacation next summer.
- The museum offers free admission if you visit after 3 pm on Sundays.
- My family and I will visit Yellowstone when we move to Wyoming.
- I'd love to visit the ancient city of Machu Picchu before I turn 60.
- Did you ever visit the Grand Canyon when you were in Arizona?
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Meaning 6
Talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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- Jaw
- Natter
- Gossip
- Shoot The Breeze
- Chew The Fat
- Chit-chat
- Claver
- Chitchat
- Confabulate
- Chatter
- Chaffer
- Chat
- Confab
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Meaning 7
Go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 8
Assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..