Definitions for visit

Definitions for (noun) visit

Main entry: sojourn, visit

Definition: a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)


Main entry: visit

Definition: the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity

Usage: a visit to the dentist


Main entry: visit

Definition: the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)


Main entry: visit

Definition: the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time

Usage: he dropped by for a visit


Main entry: visit

Definition: a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice

Usage: he scheduled a visit to the dentist


Definitions for (verb) visit

Main entry: visit

Definition: assail

Usage: He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly


Main entry: bring down, visit, inflict, impose

Definition: impose something unpleasant

Usage: The principal visited his rage on the students


Main entry: visit, jaw, gossip, natter, chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, shoot the breeze, confab, confabulate

Definition: talk socially without exchanging too much information

Usage: the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze


Main entry: visit, travel to

Definition: go to certain places as for sightseeing

Usage: Did you ever visit Paris?


Main entry: inspect, visit

Definition: come to see in an official or professional capacity

Usage: The governor visited the prison; The grant administrator visited the laboratory


Main entry: visit, call, call in

Definition: pay a brief visit

Usage: The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens


Main entry: see, visit

Definition: go to see a place, as for entertainment

Usage: We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning


Main entry: visit

Definition: stay with as a guest

Usage: Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month


Visual thesaurus for visit