visit
noun
1. the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
- he dropped by for a visit
Definition categories: act, congress, meeting
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
Definition categories: group, meeting
3. the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
Definition categories: act, congress, meeting
4. the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
- a visit to the dentist
Definition categories: act, congress, meeting
5. a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
Similar word(s): sojourn
verb
1. go to see a place, as for entertainment
Similar word(s): see
Definition categories: social, tour
2. go to certain places as for sightseeing
- Did you ever visit Paris?
Definition categories: motion, jaunt, travel, trip
3. pay a brief visit
Similar word(s): call
Definition categories: social, meet
4. come to see in an official or professional capacity
- The governor visited the prison
- The grant administrator visited the laboratory
Similar word(s): inspect
Definition categories: motion
5. impose something unpleasant
- The principal visited his rage on the students
Similar word(s): impose, inflict
Definition categories: communication, communicate, intercommunicate
6. talk socially without exchanging too much information
Similar word(s): chaffer, chat, chatter, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter
Definition categories: communication, converse, discourse
7. stay with as a guest
- Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month
Definition categories: stative, abide, bide, stay
8. assail
- He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly