to visit
- verb
- /ˈvɪzɪt/
- While Junior is suspended, however, Mr. P visits the house and meets him on the porch.
- visit friends
- visit family
- visit the doctor
Ladies, you think Oklahoma is bad, come visit Pigeon Forge, TN.
- Ladies, you think Oklahoma is bad, come visit Pigeon Forge, TN.
- But you thought you would visit your ex?
- I went to Nashville to visit our friend Josh.
- Actually, my mom came to visit me this past weekend.
- Now I'm going to go visit the, you know, the wounded.
- And this woman would come visit her at night and hold her hand.
- We do have time to visit the big red chair.
- I was coming to visit to visit her.
- Of course, joke there, but wanted to come visit my place and speak.
Examples
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Today I am going to visit my mom at work.
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He used to bring a change of clothes to our house when he came to visit.
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So please come and visit us now.
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Okay, let's go visit your mom.
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Oh, and he wants me to come to New York with him this week to visit some galleries.
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I went during the summer up to visit my friends at BU.
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I went to Nashville to visit our friend Josh.
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I have had several authors and poets visit and have never paid any honoraria.
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I plan to visit my grandmother this weekend for some quality time.
Synonyms
To visit a place or event to look at its sights
To be present at a meeting or event
To look at something carefully to check if it works or is safe
To go to someone's home or another place for a short time
To visit someone briefly for a purpose
To make a short informal visit to a place
To visit famous or interesting places when you travel
Pay a short, often unplanned visit to someone
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Etymology
Visit comes from the old Latin word videre, which means 'to see' and is the same root as vision. A visit is literally 'going to see' someone or a place, so the origin explains why it means to go meet or look around.