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visit

visit

73 4.0
One time a user goes to a website or page, counted by the site's system
  • noun
  • /ˈvɪzɪt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : visita
  • The website experienced a significant increase in visits during the holiday season.
  • site visits
  • number of visits
  • page visits

Examples

  • Wow, two visits in a year?

  • The first visit is two gold coins payable at time of treatment.

  • You, you, you like things, you comment on things, you visit certain sites.

  • The center has experienced over 8,000 individual student visits each year for the past 2 years.

    Academic text (1994)
  • During one of their two visits, patients are evaluated by a physical therapist.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In a school of roughly 900 students, the library had over 40,000 student visits last year.

    Academic text (2013)
  • During the fall 1993 semester alone, over 8,000 visits were made by students from 55 different science classes.

    Academic text (1994)
  • David informed me that the marina, though inactive during my visit, fills with yachts during the summer months.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The teachers learn to integrate classroom astronomy units with planetarium visits and to encourage students to participate actively.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Faculty supervisors conduct a minimum of four on-site visits in the classroom, consisting of observation and mentoring.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

hit
vsvisit
  • Texting
132 3.9

One visit to a website or web page

counts full user sessions rather than individual resource accesses
site visit
vsvisit
  • Jargon
3.1

One time a person uses a website that is recorded and counted

has identical meaning but appears as a shorter single-word term in data

Antonyms

129 1.0

The act of leaving a place or situation

Compounds

site visit
  • Formal
3 3.7

A formal check at a place to see if it is suitable for a project

1 3.5

A short trip to see someone or something

site visit
  • Jargon
3.1

One time a person uses a website that is recorded and counted

How Long

visit
  • Jargon
73 4.0
pageview
  • Texting
4 3.1
hit
  • Texting
132 3.9

Surface Forms

visit singular
visits plural

Etymology

Visit in web language keeps the old idea of 'going to see' from Latin videre 'to see'. Each time someone 'goes to see' a page, analytics count that short trip as a visit.