visit (verb)
1visit — ► VERB (visited, visiting) 1) go to see and spend time with (someone) socially or as a guest. 2) go to see and spend time in (a place) as a tourist or guest. 3) go to see for a purpose. 4) (with reference to something harmful or unpleasant)… …
2visit with — (N American) 1. To visit 2. To be a guest with 3. To chat with • • • Main Entry: ↑visit * * * visit with [phrasal verb] visit with (someone) US : to spend time talking informally with ( …
3visit on — ˈvisit on ˈvisit upon [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they visit on he/she/it visits on present participle visiting on past tense …
4visit upon — ˈvisit on ˈvisit upon [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they visit on he/she/it visits on present participle visiting on …
5visit on/upon — [phrasal verb] visit (something) on/upon (someone) formal + old fashioned : to punish (someone) with (something) The Lord visited a plague upon the city. ◇ The saying the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children means that children often …
6visit — (v.) early 13c., come to (a person) to comfort or benefit, from O.Fr. visiter, from L. visitare to go to see, come to inspect, frequentative of visere behold, visit (a person or place), from pp. stem of videre to see, notice, observe (see VISION… …
7visit — verb (visits, visiting, visited) 1》 go to see and spend some time with (someone) socially or as a guest. ↘go to see and spend time in (a place) as a tourist or guest. 2》 go to see for a purpose, such as to give professional advice.… …
8visit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, fleeting (esp. BrE), flying (BrE), quick, short ▪ little ▪ I think it s time we paid him a little visit …
9visit — [[t]vɪ̱zɪt[/t]] ♦ visits, visiting, visited 1) VERB If you visit someone, you go to see them and spend time with them. [V n] He wanted to visit his brother in Worcester... [V n] He was visited by an old friend from Iraq... Bill would visit on… …
10visit — vis|it1 [ vızıt ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to go to see someone and spend some time with them: Lee wants to visit his mother in the hospital. I visit my family every year at Christmas. We only use this room when friends come to… …
