VISIT

v. stay somewhere temporarily; spend time with a person or group of people; make an official inspection

n. temporary stay somewhere; instance of spending time with a person or group of people; inspection

A visit is where a person, or people, goes to either see someone or a place. It can refer to many things:A visitationA State visitA Conjugal visitVisit may also refer to:US-VISIT, a U.S. immigration and border management system
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Noun
1. the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit"
(hypernym) meeting, coming together
(hyponym) visitation
(derivation) call in, call
2. 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"
(hypernym) meeting, get together
(derivation) inspect
3. the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
(hypernym) meeting, coming together
4. the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist"
(hypernym) meeting, coming together
5. a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
(synonym) sojourn
(hypernym) stay
Verb
1. visit a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"
(synonym) see
(hypernym) tour
(hyponym) take in
(verb-group) see
(derivation) visitor, visitant
2. go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit Paris?"
(synonym) travel to
(hypernym) travel, trip, jaunt
(hyponym) sightsee
(derivation) visitor, visitant
3. pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
(synonym) call in, call
(hypernym) meet, get together
(hyponym) see
(verb-group) call
4. come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"
(synonym) inspect
5. impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
(synonym) inflict, bring down, impose
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) order, prescribe, dictate
(derivation) trial, tribulation, visitation
6. talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
(synonym) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver
(hypernym) converse, discourse
(hyponym) shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone
(derivation) visitor, visitant
7. stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"
(hypernym) bide, abide, stay
(derivation) sojourn
8. assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"
(hypernym) afflict, smite
(derivation) visitation

(v. t.)
To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.
  

(v. t.)
To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge.
  

(v. t.)
To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath.
  

(v. t.)
The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician.
  

(v. t.)
The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector.
  

(v. i.)
To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
  

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