visit
go to see a place, as for entertainment
How often you will meet it
Rank 703 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 26,851 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- go to see a place, as for entertainment also: see We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning
- go to certain places as for sightseeing also: travel to Did you ever visit Paris?
- pay a brief visit also: call in, call The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
- come to see in an official or professional capacity also: inspect The governor visited the prisonThe grant administrator visited the laboratory
- impose something unpleasant also: inflict, bring down, impose The principal visited his rage on the students
- talk socially without exchanging too much information also: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
visit in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They would all visit Ion if the ladies there were likely to be in.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1
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At Beirut time will be given to visit Damascus; after which the steamer will proceed to Joppa.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Mr. Desmond, though a Cabinet Minister, found time to visit Harrow once at least in each term.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Another day he wished to take them to visit M. de Thaller’s house, of which he had charge.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The next morning dawned bright and sunny, and I was full of the anticipation of a delightful visit.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1