visit

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

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

   Did you ever visit Paris?

2. 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. 3
   verb

   To stay somewhere as a guest.

   Every summer we visit our relatives in the country.

4. 4
   noun

   An appointment to see a professional such as a doctor.

   I scheduled a visit to the dentist.

Common collocations

• visit a friend Verb + noun
• visit a park Verb + noun
• short visit Adjective + noun
• brief visit Adjective + noun
• official visit Adjective + noun
• surprise visit Adjective + noun
• cancel a visit Verb + noun
• pay a visit Verb + noun
• schedule a visit Verb + noun

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.

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