Sekirov Dictionary

visit

/ˈvɪzɪt/

verb 8
noun 2
forms 6
phrases 2

verb8

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to go to a place and stay there for a short time
- Each year, millions of people visit the 4,570-meter-high Baishui Glacier in southern China. — 2018
To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
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To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
- She decided to visit her grandparents for Christmas.
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To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
- 05-032 was right about one thing: there is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to visit utter annihilation on it. — 2007
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Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
- There used to be a sharp contest as to where the effigy was to be made, for the people thought that the house from which it was carried forth would not be visited with death that year. — 1890
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Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- [God] hath visited and redeemed his people. — 1611
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(no longer used) To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).
- Her life was spared by the clemency of the emperor, but he visited the pomp and treasures of her palace. — 1788

noun2

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A single act of visiting.
- Next time you're in Manchester, give me a visit.
- We paid a quick visit to James on the way up to Scotland.
A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.

forms

visited · visitedst · visiting · visiteth · visits · visitest

Phrases with visit

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