| visit | | |
| n. (act) | 1. visit | the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time.; "he dropped by for a visit" |
| ~ visitation | an official visit for inspection or supervision.; "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"; "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese" |
| ~ site visit | a visit in an official capacity to examine a site to determine its suitability for some enterprise. |
| ~ call | a brief social visit.; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence" |
| ~ visiting | the activity of making visits.; "the purpose was to promote homes, clubs, visiting, and other services" |
| ~ coming together, meeting | the social act of assembling for some common purpose.; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" |
| n. (group) | 2. visit | 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" |
| ~ get together, meeting | a small informal social gathering.; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" |
| n. (act) | 3. visit | the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection). |
| ~ coming together, meeting | the social act of assembling for some common purpose.; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" |
| ~ flying visit | a visit that last for only a very short time.; "he wanted to hear all about my flying visit to his old stamping grounds" |
| n. (act) | 4. visit | the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity.; "a visit to the dentist" |
| ~ call | a visit in an official or professional capacity.; "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer" |
| ~ coming together, meeting | the social act of assembling for some common purpose.; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" |
| n. (act) | 5. sojourn, visit | a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest). |
| ~ stay | continuing or remaining in a place or state.; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court" |
| v. (social) | 6. see, visit | go to see a place, as for entertainment.; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning" |
| ~ tour | make a tour of a certain place.; "We toured the Provence this summer" |
| ~ see | go to see for a social visit.; "I went to see my friend Mary the other day" |
| ~ take in | visit for entertainment.; "take in the sights" |
| v. (motion) | 7. travel to, visit | go to certain places as for sightseeing.; "Did you ever visit Paris?" |
| ~ jaunt, travel, trip | make a trip for pleasure. |
| ~ sightsee | visit famous or interesting sights. |
| ~ frequent, haunt | be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place.; "She haunts the ballet" |
| v. (social) | 8. call, call in, visit | pay a brief visit.; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" |
| ~ get together, meet | get together socially or for a specific purpose. |
| ~ call | make a stop in a harbour.; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow" |
| ~ see | go to see for professional or business reasons.; "You should see a lawyer"; "We had to see a psychiatrist" |
| ~ see | go to see for a social visit.; "I went to see my friend Mary the other day" |
| ~ come by, drop by, drop in | visit informally and spontaneously.; "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee" |
| v. (motion) | 9. inspect, visit | come to see in an official or professional capacity.; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory" |
| v. (communication) | 10. bring down, impose, inflict, visit | impose something unpleasant.; "The principal visited his rage on the students" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ dictate, prescribe, order | issue commands or orders for. |
| ~ obtrude, intrude | thrust oneself in as if by force.; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer" |
| ~ clamp | impose or inflict forcefully.; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital" |
| ~ give | inflict as a punishment.; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years" |
| ~ foist | to force onto another.; "He foisted his work on me" |
| v. (communication) | 11. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit | talk socially without exchanging too much information.; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" |
| ~ converse, discourse | carry on a conversation. |
| ~ jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze | talk idly or casually and in a friendly way. |
| v. (stative) | 12. visit | stay with as a guest.; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month" |
| ~ abide, bide, stay | dwell.; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" |
| v. (change) | 13. visit | assail.; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly" |
| ~ afflict, smite | cause physical pain or suffering in.; "afflict with the plague" |
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