VISIT


Meaning of VISIT in English

INDEX:

1. to visit a person

2. to visit someone for a short time

3. to visit a place as a tourist

4. to visit a place as part of your official duties

5. to visit a person or place on the way to somewhere else

6. someone who visits someone else

7. an occasion when someone visits a place or person

RELATED WORDS

see also

↑ TRAVEL

↑ HOLIDAY/VACATION

↑ STAY (4-8)

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1. to visit a person

▷ visit /ˈvɪzɪt, ˈvɪzət/ [intransitive/transitive verb]

to go and spend time with someone, especially in their home :

▪ I visit my grandparents at least once a month.

▪ Paul visited her every day when she was in hospital.

▪ We won’t be that far away - you’ll be able to come and visit.

▷ go to see/go and see /ˌgəʊ tə ˈsiː, ˌgəʊ ən ˈsiː/ [verb phrase] spoken

to visit someone :

▪ I’m going to see my brother and his family tomorrow.

▪ Better go and see your father tonight.

▪ Why don’t you go and see your mother?

go see

American spoken

▪ You really should go see Mattie some time.

▷ go over/go around/go round /ˌgəʊ ˈəʊvəʳ, ˌgəʊ əˈraʊnd, ˌgəʊ ˈraʊnd/ [intransitive phrasal verb]

to visit someone at their house, especially if they live close to you :

▪ I saw your Mum today, and I promised that we’d go round later.

go over/go around/go round to

▪ Let’s get a bottle of wine and go over to Simon’s place.

▷ come over/come around/come round /ˌkʌm ˈəʊvəʳ, ˌkʌm əˈraʊnd, ˌkʌm ˈraʊnd/ [intransitive phrasal verb]

if someone comes over or comes round, they visit you at your house, especially if they live close to you :

▪ I’ll come over at about 7 o'clock,

▪ Why don’t you come round later and we’ll discuss it over dinner?

▷ pay a visit /ˌpeɪ ə ˈvɪzə̇t/ [verb phrase]

to visit someone, especially for a particular reason :

pay a visit to somebody

▪ Your hand looks very swollen, I think you should pay a visit to the doctor.

pay somebody a visit

▪ Isn’t it time you paid your mother a visit?

▷ look up /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ [transitive phrasal verb]

to visit someone that you have not seen for a long time, while you are spending some time in the area where they live :

look somebody up

▪ I’ll give you my address so you can look me up whenever you’re in London.

look up somebody

▪ I looked up a few old friends while I was in Birmingham.

▷ descend on/upon /dɪˈsend ɒn, əˌpɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]

if a lot of people, especially members of your family, descend on you, all of them suddenly visit you at the same time :

▪ Sorry for just descending on you like this, Pam -- we had nowhere else to stay.

▪ The following week all my family descended upon me.

2. to visit someone for a short time

▷ call on/call in on /ˈkɔːl ɒn, ˌkɔːl ˈɪn ɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb] especially British

to visit someone for a short time :

▪ Why don’t you call on Matt on your way back from work and see how he is?

▪ One of our salesmen would be delighted to call in on you in your own home.

▷ drop in/drop by /ˌdrɒp ˈɪn, ˌdrɒp ˈbaɪǁˌdrɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb] especially spoken

to visit someone for a short time, especially when they are not expecting you :

▪ Lizzie said she’d drop in later to let us know what the arrangements are for tonight.

▪ Kate dropped by this morning.

drop in to see somebody

▪ I’ll drop in to see you later.

▷ pop in /ˌpɒp ˈɪnǁpɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb] British informal

to visit someone for a very short time :

▪ I might be able to pop in for about half an hour.

▪ Just pop by when you’ve got a minute and I’ll show you our holiday photographs.

pop in to see somebody

▪ I popped in to see Keith on my way home.

▷ call round/call in /ˌkɔːl ˈraʊnd, ˌkɔːl ˈɪn/ [intransitive phrasal verb] British

to visit someone who lives near you for a short time :

▪ Fred calls round sometimes on his way to the sports centre.

▪ I’ll call in tomorrow then, Mum.

3. to visit a place as a tourist

▷ visit /ˈvɪzɪt, ˈvɪzət/ [transitive verb]

▪ Every year thousands of tourists visit Turkey.

▪ We spent the day visiting temples and other historic buildings.

▷ pay a visit /ˌpeɪ ə ˈvɪzə̇t/ [verb phrase]

to visit a place, especially because you are near it :

▪ We were near Edinburgh, so we decided to pay a visit.

pay a visit to

▪ We paid a quick visit to New York before flying home.

▷ go to see/go and see also go see American spoken /ˌgəʊ tə ˈsiː, ˌgəʊ ən ˈsiː , ˌgəʊ ˈsiː/ [verb phrase]

to visit a well-known place or building while you are in a city or country :

▪ If you’re in Paris, you must go to see the Pompidou Centre.

▪ Let’s go and see the cathedral.

▪ Why don’t we go see the Statue of Liberty?

▷ see the sights /ˌsiː ðə ˈsaɪts/ [verb phrase]

to visit a city or country and look at the famous and interesting places there :

▪ I wanted to look round Moscow and see the sights.

see the sights of

▪ We’re going on a bus tour today, to see the sights of Copenhagen.

▷ sightseeing /ˈsaɪtˌsiːɪŋ/ [uncountable noun]

the activity of visiting and travelling around a place to look at the famous and interesting places there :

▪ After an afternoon’s sightseeing we were all exhausted.

▪ We spent the days sightseeing and the evenings sitting in cosy bars drinking the local wine.

go sightseeing

▪ Why don’t we go sightseeing tomorrow?

▷ do /duː/ [transitive verb not in passive] spoken

to visit a particular famous place while you are on holiday :

▪ I think we ought to do St Paul’s while we’re in London.

▪ We did the Eiffel Tower yesterday.

4. to visit a place as part of your official duties

▷ visit /ˈvɪzɪt, ˈvɪzət/ [intransitive/transitive verb not in passive]

▪ The Ambassador last visited Hong Kong in 1982.

▪ This afternoon the Queen will visit Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.

▪ A police officer will be visiting next week to give the children a talk on crime prevention.

visiting [adjective only before noun]

▪ We all had to attend a reception for some visiting dignitaries.

5. to visit a person or place on the way to somewhere else

▷ stop by also stop in American /ˌstɒp ˈbaɪ, ˌstɒp ˈɪnǁˌstɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb]

to visit a person for a short time while you are on your way to somewhere else :

▪ I just stopped in to say goodbye before I go on vacation.

▪ Stop by for a drink on your way home from work.

▷ look in on /ˌlʊk ˈɪn ɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]

to make a short visit to someone, while you are on your way somewhere, especially if they are ill or need help :

▪ I promised to look in on Dad and see if he’s feeling better.

▪ Tom will look in on you later to see if you need anything.

▷ call in British /come by American /ˌkɔːl ˈɪn, ˌkʌm ˈbaɪ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]

to visit a person or place for a short time while you are on your way to somewhere else :

▪ Why don’t you call in on your way up north?

▪ Come by on Saturday and we’ll have a drink together.

call in on somebody

▪ I called in on Sally yesterday.

▷ stop off /ˌstɒp ˈɒfǁˌstɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb]

to make a short visit to a place during a journey :

▪ We’ll stop off and see you on our way back.

stop off in/at

▪ He stopped off in Paris for a couple of days.

▷ stop over /ˌstɒp ˈəʊvəʳǁˌstɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb]

to visit somewhere for a short time during a long journey, especially a plane flight :

stop over in

▪ The flight to Australia takes 28 hours but we stop over in Singapore for a night.

stopover /ˈstɒpəʊvəʳǁˈstɑːp-/ [countable noun]

▪ The journey includes a two-day stopover in Miami before flying on to Mexico.

6. someone who visits someone else

▷ visitor /ˈvɪzɪtəʳ, ˈvɪzətəʳ/ [countable noun]

▪ We have nowhere for visitors to sleep at the moment as the spare room is being decorated.

▪ Colette offered her visitor a glass of wine.

▪ I’ve been asked to show some important visitors round the department.

▷ guest /gest/ [countable noun]

someone who you have invited to visit you at your home :

▪ You’re not supposed to do the dishes -- you’re a guest.

▪ Among the guests was the television presenter Jo Everton.

▪ She felt she had to stay in and entertain her guests.

have a guest

▪ We had a couple of guests for the weekend.

▷ caller /ˈkɔːləʳ/ [countable noun] especially British

someone who you do not know who visits you at home for a short time :

▪ I don’t seem to have many callers these days.

▪ When answering the door, always check the identity of callers.

▷ have company/visitors/guests /hæv ˈkʌmp ə ni, ˈvɪzə̇təʳz, ˈgests/ [verb phrase]

if you have company, visitors etc someone is visiting you in your home :

▪ I didn’t realise you had company, I’ll call back tomorrow.

▪ There’s a surprise waiting for you at home - we have unexpected guests.

7. an occasion when someone visits a place or person

▷ visit /ˈvɪzɪt, ˈvɪzət/ [countable noun]

▪ We’re all looking forward to your visit.

visit from

▪ The girls were quite excited because they were expecting a visit from their parents.

visit to

▪ The Senator’s visit to the Military Academy at Andover was a great success.

make/pay a visit to

visit a person or place

▪ The president will make a brief visit to Britain before returning home.

▪ The Queen will pay a state visit to China later this year.

▷ flying visit /ˌflaɪ-ɪŋ ˈvɪzə̇t/ [countable noun]

a very short visit, made especially when you are on your way to another place and you do not have much time :

▪ I’m afraid this is only a flying visit - we have to get to the station by three.

make a flying visit to

▪ We’re making a flying visit to Monte Carlo on our way back.

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