(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone, you go to see them and spend time with them.
He wanted to ~ his brother in Worcester...
Bill would ~ on weekends.
VERB: V n, V
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Visit is also a noun.
Helen had recently paid him a ~.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ a place, you go there for a short time.
He’ll be ~ing four cities including Cagliari in Sardinia...
Caroline ~ed all the big stores.
...a ~ing truck driver.
VERB: V n, V n, V-ing
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Visit is also a noun.
I paid a ~ to my local print shop.
N-COUNT: usu N to n
3.
If you ~ a website, you look at it. (COMPUTING)
For details ~ our website at www.cobuild.collins.co.uk.
VERB: V n
4.
If you ~ a professional person such as a doctor or lawyer, you go and see them in order to get professional advice. If they ~ you, they come to see you in order to give you professional advice. (mainly BRIT)
If necessary the patient can then ~ his doctor for further advice...
= see
VERB: V n
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Visit is also a noun.
You may have regular home ~s from a neonatal nurse.
N-COUNT: usu with supp