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visit

verb US /ˈvɪzɪt/

go to see a place, as for entertainment

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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

  1. go to see a place, as for entertainment also: see We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning
  2. go to certain places as for sightseeing also: travel to Did you ever visit Paris?
  3. pay a brief visit also: call in, call The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
  4. come to see in an official or professional capacity also: inspect The governor visited the prisonThe grant administrator visited the laboratory
  5. impose something unpleasant also: inflict, bring down, impose The principal visited his rage on the students
  6. 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

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

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.

  • They would all visit Ion if the ladies there were likely to be in.

    Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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