Visit
verb
To go to and stay with a person or family, usually socially.
We visit our grandparents every summer.
Often appears as...
- visit someone
- visit relatives
verb
To go to a place in order to look at it, or to a special event for a short time.
I visited Paris last year.
Often appears as...
- visit a city
- visit a museum
verb
To go to see and check the condition of something or someone.
The doctor visited the patient every day.
Often appears as...
- visit a patient
- visit a site
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Academic
noun
A short time spent at a place or with someone.
My visit to the dentist was quick.
Often appears as...
- short visit
- quick visit
verb
To inflict something unpleasant on someone.
God visited a plague on the Egyptians.
Often appears as...
- visit a plague
- visit retribution
Usage tips
Literary
verb
To go to and stay with a person or family, usually socially.
We visit our grandparents every summer.
Often appears as...
- visit someone
- visit relatives
verb
To go to a place in order to look at it, or to a special event for a short time.
I visited Paris last year.
Often appears as...
- visit a city
- visit a museum
verb
To go to see and check the condition of something or someone.
The doctor visited the patient every day.
Often appears as...
- visit a patient
- visit a site
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A short time spent at a place or with someone.
My visit to the dentist was quick.
Often appears as...
- short visit
- quick visit
verb
To inflict something unpleasant on someone.
God visited a plague on the Egyptians.
Often appears as...
- visit a plague
- visit retribution
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Social Context
Used when spending time with people for pleasure, showing it's a friendly action.
Let's visit Aunt May this weekend!
Pro Tip 2/2Duration Matters
The stay is often short, without implying relocation or long-term changes.
They plan to visit for just an afternoon.
Pro Tip 1/2Social Context
Used when spending time with people for pleasure, showing it's a friendly action.
Let's visit Aunt May this weekend!
Pro Tip 2/2Duration Matters
The stay is often short, without implying relocation or long-term changes.
They plan to visit for just an afternoon.
Pro Tip 1/2Social Context
Used when spending time with people for pleasure, showing it's a friendly action.
Let's visit Aunt May this weekend!
Pro Tip 2/2Duration Matters
The stay is often short, without implying relocation or long-term changes.
They plan to visit for just an afternoon.
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because there's still so much we don't understand about the universe. Perhaps we'll find new exotic forms of matter that'll force us to revisit the laws of thermodynamics. Or maybe there's perpetual motion on tiny quantum scales.
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it's toxic to insects. But when they consume it in lower doses, as it's found in nectar, it can actually help them remember and revisit flowers. In the human body, caffeine acts as a stimulant for the central nervous system.
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Can you solve the...
You leave, and life on the island seems to go on as before. But on the hundredth morning after your visit, all the prisoners are gone, each having asked to leave the previous night. So how did you outsmart the dictator?
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Larry Smith: Why you...
are visited on the poor children. Why will you seek refuge in human relationships as your excuse not to find and pursue your passion? You know why. In your heart of hearts, you know why,
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The myth of Cupid and...
His visits continued night after night. Before long, Psyche was pregnant. She rejoiced, but was also conflicted. How could she raise her baby with a man she'd never seen?
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Old Woman Is Master Sea...
They must still visit the surface to breathe. But they are beautifully adapted to life at sea hunting for fish around the island reefs.
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The truth about bats -...
Discourage the use of pesticides, which can harm bats when we try to feed on the insects you want to get rid of in the first place. Avoid going into caves where you might disturb hibernating bats, and always decontaminate your gear after visiting a cave. If you have unwanted bats living in an attic or barn,
Video examples
Why elephants never...
This is a great help when migrating or encountering other potentially hostile elephants. They also remember and distinguish particular cues that signal danger and can recall important locations long after their last visit. But it's the memories unrelated to survival that are the most fascinating.
Video examples
New Zealand's Stunning...
There seems to be the mix of pride and welcome that felt truly special as a traveler. People have gone out of their way to help me understand, and talk about their history, their culture. So in Rotorua I visited the national carving school,
Video examples
Why don't perpetual...
because there's still so much we don't understand about the universe. Perhaps we'll find new exotic forms of matter that'll force us to revisit the laws of thermodynamics. Or maybe there's perpetual motion on tiny quantum scales.
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My life as an outsider PIPE...
the bionic man and at that time I was in I was in London with my parents and my father said to me that we were going to actually go and visit the bionic man and as turkish-cypriots never go empty-handed I would also take some
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How does caffeine keep...
it's toxic to insects. But when they consume it in lower doses, as it's found in nectar, it can actually help them remember and revisit flowers. In the human body, caffeine acts as a stimulant for the central nervous system.
Video examples
Can you solve the...
You leave, and life on the island seems to go on as before. But on the hundredth morning after your visit, all the prisoners are gone, each having asked to leave the previous night. So how did you outsmart the dictator?
Video examples
Larry Smith: Why you...
are visited on the poor children. Why will you seek refuge in human relationships as your excuse not to find and pursue your passion? You know why. In your heart of hearts, you know why,
Video examples
The myth of Cupid and...
His visits continued night after night. Before long, Psyche was pregnant. She rejoiced, but was also conflicted. How could she raise her baby with a man she'd never seen?
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Old Woman Is Master Sea...
They must still visit the surface to breathe. But they are beautifully adapted to life at sea hunting for fish around the island reefs.
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Kevin Systrom
American Businessman
I actually think some of my best moments in life have been while I was with people from Instagram - whether it's super late nights getting a release out or being able to travel to places I'd never visited and meeting some of the most interesting people I've ever met.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
Every politician should go and spend time and visit prisons and jails. Because if you are choosing to exercise this kind of power over another person's life, there's a role for that, but you have to know the kind of power you are exercising.
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Helen Hunt
American Actress
I've worked for a long time, but I got to the point where I felt like, I am out here so far, how do I get back? I want to have a real life, a personal life. I didn't want a personal life I just visited.
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George Eliot
British Author
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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Hyun Bin
The biggest effect of travel on me is that it acts as a source of motivation. At times it makes me feel small, too. I want to visit more places.
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Douglas MacArthur
American General
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
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Emo Philips
American Comedian
He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites.
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Alyssa Edwards
American Entertainer
I sometimes feel like it's my world and everyone is just visiting.
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Dennis Brown
Musician
But now I'm getting that spiritual motivation to visit Africa.
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Mohit Chauhan
Indian Musician
I want to visit Moscow again and again in my life.
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Kevin Systrom
American Businessman
I actually think some of my best moments in life have been while I was with people from Instagram - whether it's super late nights getting a release out or being able to travel to places I'd never visited and meeting some of the most interesting people I've ever met.
Quote examples
Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
Every politician should go and spend time and visit prisons and jails. Because if you are choosing to exercise this kind of power over another person's life, there's a role for that, but you have to know the kind of power you are exercising.
Quote examples
Helen Hunt
American Actress
I've worked for a long time, but I got to the point where I felt like, I am out here so far, how do I get back? I want to have a real life, a personal life. I didn't want a personal life I just visited.
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George Eliot
British Author
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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Hyun Bin
The biggest effect of travel on me is that it acts as a source of motivation. At times it makes me feel small, too. I want to visit more places.
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Douglas MacArthur
American General
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
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Emo Philips
American Comedian
He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites.
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Alyssa Edwards
American Entertainer
I sometimes feel like it's my world and everyone is just visiting.
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Dennis Brown
Musician
But now I'm getting that spiritual motivation to visit Africa.
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Mohit Chauhan
Indian Musician
I want to visit Moscow again and again in my life.
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