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1visit — n Visit, visitation, call are comparable when they mean a coming to stay with another, usually for a brief time, as a courtesy, an act of friendship, or a business or professional diity. Visit applies not only to such a stay with another {pay a… …
2pay — pay1 W1S1 [peı] v past tense and past participle paid [peıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give money)¦ 2¦(bill/tax/rent)¦ 3¦(wage/salary)¦ 4 pay attention (to somebody/something) 5¦(legal cost)¦ 6¦(say something good)¦ 7¦(good result)¦ 8¦(profit)¦ …
3visit — 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 ▪… …
4visit */*/*/ — I UK [ˈvɪzɪt] / US verb Word forms visit : present tense I/you/we/they visit he/she/it visits present participle visiting past tense visited past participle visited 1) [intransitive/transitive] to go and see someone and spend some time with them… …
5pay — 1 /peI/ verb past tense and past participle paid /peId/ 1 GIVE MONEY (I, T) to give someone money for something you have bought, or for something they have done for you: They ran off without paying. | Didn t pay em a penny, just asked em to do it …
6visit — I n. 1) to make, pay; schedule a visit to 2) to cancel; cut short a visit 3) a flying ( very short ); formal; friendly; informal; official; return; state; unscheduled; weekend visit 4) a visit to (this is my first visit to your country) 5) on a… …
7visit — {{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 …
8official — ▪ I. official of‧fi‧cial 1 [əˈfɪʆl] adjective 1. approved of or done by someone in authority, especially the government: • You have to get official permission to build a new house. • Have you signed the necessaryofficial documents? • the… …
9visit — 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… …
10visit — I. verb (visited; visiting) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French visiter, from Latin visitare, frequentative of visere to go to see, frequentative of vidēre to see Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. archaic comfort us …