visit
♦♦♦ vis|it /v'ɪzɪt/ (visits visiting visited)
1 [VERB] V n, V
If you visit someone, you go to see them and spend time with them.
He wanted to visit his brother in Worcester...
Bill would visit on weekends.
[N-COUNT]
Visit is also a noun.
Helen had recently paid him a visit.
2 [VERB] V n, V n, V-ing
If you visit a place, you go there for a short time.
He'll be visiting four cities including Cagliari in Sardinia...
Caroline visited all the big stores.
...a visiting truck driver.
[N-COUNT] usu N to n
Visit is also a noun.
I paid a visit to my local print shop.
3 [VERB] V n
If you visit a website, you look at it. (COMPUTING)
For details visit our website at www.cobuild.collins.co.uk.
4 [VERB] V n
If you visit a professional person such as a doctor or lawyer, you go and see them in order to get professional advice. If they visit you, they come to see you in order to give you professional advice. (mainly BRIT)
If necessary the patient can then visit his doctor for further advice...
= see
[N-COUNT] usu with supp
Visit is also a noun.
You may have regular home visits from a neonatal nurse.fly|ing vis|it (flying visits)
[N-COUNT]
A flying visit is a visit that only lasts a very short time.re|turn vis|it (return visits)
[N-COUNT]
If you make a return visit, you visit someone who has already visited you, or you go back to a place where you have already been once.
He made a nostalgic return visit to Germany.visit with
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you visit with someone, you go to see them and spend time with them. (AM)
I visited with him in San Francisco.
1 [VERB] V n, V
If you visit someone, you go to see them and spend time with them.
He wanted to visit his brother in Worcester...
Bill would visit on weekends.
[N-COUNT]
Visit is also a noun.
Helen had recently paid him a visit.
2 [VERB] V n, V n, V-ing
If you visit a place, you go there for a short time.
He'll be visiting four cities including Cagliari in Sardinia...
Caroline visited all the big stores.
...a visiting truck driver.
[N-COUNT] usu N to n
Visit is also a noun.
I paid a visit to my local print shop.
3 [VERB] V n
If you visit a website, you look at it. (COMPUTING)
For details visit our website at www.cobuild.collins.co.uk.
4 [VERB] V n
If you visit a professional person such as a doctor or lawyer, you go and see them in order to get professional advice. If they visit you, they come to see you in order to give you professional advice. (mainly BRIT)
If necessary the patient can then visit his doctor for further advice...
= see
[N-COUNT] usu with supp
Visit is also a noun.
You may have regular home visits from a neonatal nurse.fly|ing vis|it (flying visits)
[N-COUNT]
A flying visit is a visit that only lasts a very short time.re|turn vis|it (return visits)
[N-COUNT]
If you make a return visit, you visit someone who has already visited you, or you go back to a place where you have already been once.
He made a nostalgic return visit to Germany.visit with
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you visit with someone, you go to see them and spend time with them. (AM)
I visited with him in San Francisco.