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visit

Nouns

• (n) the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
  • he dropped by for a visit
• (n) a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
  • he scheduled a visit to the dentist
• (n) the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
• (n) the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
  • a visit to the dentist
• (n) a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) sojourn,

Verbs

• (v) go to see a place, as for entertainment
  • We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning
  see,
• (v) go to certain places as for sightseeing
  • Did you ever visit Paris?
  travel to,
• (v) pay a brief visit
  • The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
  call in, call,
• (v) come to see in an official or professional capacity
  • The governor visited the prison
  • The grant administrator visited the laboratory
  inspect,
• (v) impose something unpleasant
  • The principal visited his rage on the students
  inflict, impose, bring down,
• (v) talk socially without exchanging too much information
  • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
  chat, chew the fat, chitchat, chit-chat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, chaffer, confabulate, gossip, chatter,
• (v) stay with as a guest
  • Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month
• (v) assail
  • He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly

Synonyms

see travel to call in call inspect sojourn inflict impose bring down chat chew the fat chitchat chit-chat claver confab jaw natter shoot the breeze chaffer confabulate gossip chatter

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