visit

(vĭz'ĭt)

v., -it·ed, -it·ing, -its.

v.tr.

1. 1. To call on socially: visit friends.
   2. To go to see or spend time at (a place) with a certain intent: visit a museum; visited London.
   3. To stay with as a guest.
   4. To go to see in an official or professional capacity: visited the dentist; a priest visiting his parishioners.
2. To go or come to: visits the bank on Fridays.
3. To go to see in order to aid or console: visit the sick and dying.
4. To make itself known to or seize fleetingly: was visited by a bizarre thought.
5. 1. To afflict or assail: A plague visited the village.
   2. To inflict punishment on or for; avenge: The sins of the ancestors were visited on their descendants.

v.intr.

1. To make a visit.
2. Informal. To converse or chat: Stay and visit with me for a while.

n.

1. The act or an instance of visiting a person, place, or thing.
2. A stay or sojourn as a guest.
3. The act of visiting in a professional capacity.
4. The act of visiting in an official capacity, such as an inspection or examination.

[Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitāre, frequentative of vīsere, to want to see, go to see, from vidēre, to see.]

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To visit with someone, i.e. pay them a brief call, is now regarded as an Americanism although it was current in Britain in the 19th century, occurring for example in writings of Ruskin and George Eliot (Middlemarch, 1872).

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verb

1. To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize: call, come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in). Idioms: pay a visit. See seek/avoid.
2. To remain as a guest or lodger: lodge, sojourn, stay¹. See place.
3. To engage in spoken exchange: chat, confabulate, converse¹, discourse, speak, talk. Informal confab. See words.
4. To cause to undergo or bear (something unwelcome or damaging, for example): impose, inflict, play, wreak. See give/take/reciprocity, over/under, willing/unwilling.

noun

1. An act or an instance of going or coming to see another: call, look-in, visitation. See seek/avoid.
2. A remaining in a place as a guest or lodger: sojourn, stay¹. See place.

IN BRIEF: Coming or going to see, as a person or place; .

Imagine that you are a member of a tour visiting Greece — Walker Percy, Source: 1983

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For a list of words related to visit, see:

• Vacations and Interludes - visit: journey and stay at place away from home
• Mood and Intent - visit: come or go to see someone or someplace

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Common misspelling(s) of visiting

• visting

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - besøge, visitere, aflægge besøg, inspicere, tilse, hjemsøge
v. intr. - besøgende
n. - besøg, visit, rejse, tur

idioms:

• visit with    besøge, snakke med

Nederlands (Dutch)
bezoeken, kwellen, toebrengen, wreken, praten, bezichtigen, logeren, straffen (Bijbels), bezoek, bezichtiging

Français (French)
v. tr. - aller voir, aller chez, rendre visite, visiter, faire un séjour/séjourner, être éprouvé par (sout), infliger, (US) aller voir, rendre visite à
v. intr. - être de passage, (US) bavarder
n. - visite, séjour

idioms:

• right of visit    (Jur) droit de visite
• visit with    aller voir, rendre visite à

Deutsch (German)
n. - Besuch, Besichtigung, Plauderei
v. - besichtigen, einen Besuch machen, besuchen, inspizieren, heimsuchen, plaudern

idioms:

• right of visit    Besuchsrechts
• visit with    bei jmdm. zu Besuch sein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επίσκεψη (κν. βίζιτα)
v. - επισκέπτομαι, πραγματοποιώ επίσκεψη

idioms:

• visit with    επισκέπτομαι

Italiano (Italian)
visitare, essere ospite, andare a trovare, ospiti, visita

idioms:

• visit with    andare a trovare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - visita (f), conversa ligeira (f), residência temporária (f)
v. - visitar

idioms:

• visit with    visitar (família ou amigo)

Русский (Russian)
навещать, поражать, инспектировать, визит, осмотр

idioms:

• visit with    болтать с кем-л., находиться в гостях у кого-л.

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - visitar a, pasar una temporada en, visitar, hacer visitas
v. intr. - aparecerse a, presentarse, ofrecerse
n. - visita, visitas

idioms:

• right of visit    derecho de visita
• visit with    charlar con

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - besök, inspektion
v. - besöka, uppsöka, hemsöka, visitera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拜访, 参观, 访问, 闲谈, 游览

idioms:

• visit with    聊天

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 拜訪, 參觀, 訪問
v. intr. - 訪問, 閒談, 參觀
n. - 拜訪, 遊覽, 訪問

idioms:

• visit with    聊天

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 방문하다, ~을 조사하러 가다, 덮치다
v. intr. - 내왕하다, 머무르다, (남과) 이야기하다
n. - 방문 , 체류, 잡담

idioms:

• visit with    잡담하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 訪問する, 訪れる, 客として滞在する, 襲う, 見に行く, 巡視する, 加える, 浮かぶ, 報いる, 見物する, 話しに行く, 罰を加える, 訪ねる
n. - 訪問, 見舞い, 参観, 滞在, 巡回, 視察, 雑談

idioms:

• visit with    家に滞在する, とおしゃべりする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زيارة, عيادة ( مريض) , تفتيش (فعل) زار, عاد ( مريض)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ביקר ב-, ערך ביקורת, תקפה (מחלה), גר (עם מישהו) זמנית, בא על (אסון וכו')‬
v. intr. - ‮ביקר ב-, התארח‬
n. - ‮ביקור, התארחות, ביקורת‬

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