visit
IPA: vˈɪzʌt
noun
- A single act of visiting.
- (medicine, insurance) A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
verb
- (transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
- (transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive, now rare) To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).
- (transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
- (transitive) To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
- (transitive) To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.
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Examples of "visit" in Sentences
- The student visits a professor.
- He visited the area infrequently.
- The man is prepared for the visit.
- Everyone welcomed the visiting team.
- I visited the valley with my friends.
- Home and the team visited the appointment.
- All was peaceful for the remainder of the visit.
- He is now a visiting professor to the of the and to the.
- Gaston visits and is shocked to see Gigi in an alluring white gown.
- Chong's visit caused euphoric expectations and also engendered other visits.
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