visit

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Also spelled visitin, wisit, wisited, wisiting, and wisits

US /ˈvɪzɪt/ UK /ˈvɪzɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #967

Meanings

1

verb
To go to see a person or place for a while.

Did you ever visit Paris?
2

noun
An act of going to see a person or place for a short time.

We dropped by our friend's house for a visit.
3

verb
To stay somewhere as a guest.

Every summer we visit our relatives in the country.
4

noun
An appointment to see a professional such as a doctor.

I scheduled a visit to the dentist.

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1 verb · to go to see a person or... travel to

Word family

Forms revisitvisitedvisitingvisits

Derived forms visitation visitor

Related forms unvisited visitation visitor

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Phrases (10)

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visit a friend
to go to see a friend at their home or elsewhere

Verb + noun
visit a park
to go to a park for leisure or recreation

Verb + noun
short visit
A visit of limited duration

Adjective + noun
brief visit
A visit that lasts only a short time

Adjective + noun
official visit
A formal visit made by someone in an official capacity

Adjective + noun
surprise visit
An unannounced visit that the recipient does not know about in advance

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, frequentative of vīsō (“behold, survey”), from videō (“see”). Cognate with Old Saxon wīsōn (“to visit, afflict”), archaic German weisen (“to visit, afflict”). Displaced native Old English sēċan (“to visit”) and sōcn (“a visit”). The noun is from French visite or the verb. Doublet of visite.

*weyd- Proto-Indo-European visiten Middle English visiter Middle English vīsitō Latin visite French

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# visit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈvɪzɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈvɪzɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 967

## Meanings
1. To go to see a person or place for a while.
2. An act of going to see a person or place for a short time.
3. To stay somewhere as a guest.
4. An appointment to see a professional such as a doctor.

## Examples
- Did you ever visit Paris?
- We dropped by our friend's house for a visit.
- Every summer we visit our relatives in the country.
- I scheduled a visit to the dentist.

## Derived Forms
- visitation
- visitor

## Related Forms
- unvisited
- visitation
- visitor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weyd-
- Root: visiten
- Root: visiter
- Root: vīsitō
- Root: visite

## Etymology
From Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, frequentative of vīsō (“behold, survey”), from videō (“see”). Cognate with Old Saxon wīsōn (“to visit, afflict”), archaic German weisen (“to visit, afflict”). Displaced native Old English sēċan (“to visit”) and sōcn (“a visit”). The noun is from French visite or the verb. Doublet of visite.

## AI Etymology
Visit is from Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, frequentative of vīsō (“behold, survey”), from videō (“see”). Cognate with Old Saxon wīsōn (“to visit, afflict”), archaic German weisen (“to visit, afflict”). Displaced native Old English sēċan (“to visit”) and sōcn (“a visit”). The noun is from French visite or the verb. Doublet of visite. Important historical forms include Proto-Indo-European *weyd-, Middle English visiten, Old French visiter, Latin vīsitō, and French visite. In present-day use, it can mean to go to see a person or place for a while, or a act of going to see a person or place for a short time.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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