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- pronunciation:
- vI
ziht
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Builder
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
visits, visiting, visited |
definition 1: |
to go or come to see (someone or some place).
We'll visit some friends while we're in Chicago.Did you visit your uncle while he was in the hospital?Hundreds of people visit the museum every day.- synonyms:
- call on, see
- similar words:
- drop by
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definition 2: |
to remain in (a place) temporarily as a guest.
While my aunt and uncle are visiting, I'm sleeping in the living room.- similar words:
- haunt, see, stay
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definition 3: |
to inflict (usu. fol. by "on" or "upon").
They visited vengeance upon their enemies.- synonyms:
- inflict, wreak
- similar words:
- administer, impose, perpetrate
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definition 4: |
to afflict.
The disease visited him when he was young.- synonyms:
- afflict
- similar words:
- attack, beset, smite, torture
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related words: |
attend, frequent, inflict, patronize |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to make a visit.
Please come and visit when you're in town next time.- synonyms:
- call, drop by
- similar words:
- come, go, stay, travel
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definition 2: |
(informal) to chat; converse.
He stayed and visited a while with his grandmother.- synonyms:
- chat, converse, talk
- similar words:
- chitchat, confabulate, gossip, palaver, socialize
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related words: |
attend, stop, vacation |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
an act of calling to see a person or place.
She had a nice visit with her sister this afternoon.Our visit to the zoo was wonderful.- synonyms:
- call
- similar words:
- chat, conversation, palaver, talk
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definition 2: |
the act of staying somewhere as a guest.
I go to my sister's place on the lake for a week's visit every summer.- synonyms:
- sojourn, stay
- similar words:
- layover, stop, stopover
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definition 3: |
an act of calling to make an inspection or examination.
The health inspector makes his follow-up visit sometime in the next three weeks.- similar words:
- examination, inspection, review
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related words: |
tour |
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