I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief , fleeting ( esp. BrE ), flying ( BrE ), quick , short
▪ little
▪
I think it's time we paid him a little ~.
▪ extended , lengthy , long
▪ eight-day , hour-long , weekend , etc.
▪ regular
▪ routine
▪ frequent , repeated
▪
She enjoyed the frequent ~s of her grandchildren.
▪ infrequent , occasional , periodic , rare
▪ annual , daily , twice-weekly , etc.
▪ repeat
▪ recent
▪ last , previous
▪ forthcoming ( esp. BrE ), impending , upcoming ( AmE )
▪
The President has been briefed in preparation for his forthcoming ~ to Russia.
▪ exchange ( esp. BrE ), reciprocal , return
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Exchange ~s between company and school have kept the project going.
▪
They came here last week, and we'll pay them a return ~ in the summer.
▪ surprise , unannounced , unexpected
▪ planned , scheduled
▪ unwelcome
▪ casual
▪ formal , ministerial ( esp. BrE ), official , presidential , royal , state
▪ high-profile
▪ family , private , social , unofficial
▪ foreign , overseas (both esp. BrE )
▪ personal
▪
Following her letter of complaint, she received a personal ~ from the store manager.
▪ home ( BrE )
▪
You should receive a home ~ from your midwife within a month.
▪ hospital , prison
▪ dental , doctor's , emergency-room , medical , office (all AmE )
▪ first , initial
▪ follow-up
▪ educational ( esp. BrE ), study
▪ fact-finding ( esp. BrE ), research
▪ inspection
▪ on-site , site
▪ campus ( AmE ), school
▪ memorable
VERB + VISIT
▪ conduct ( formal ), go on , make , pay sb , take , undertake ( formal , esp. BrE )
▪
We used to go on school ~s to museums and historical buildings.
▪
How many doctors are still able to make home ~s?
▪
Pay us a ~ next time you're in town.
▪ get , have , receive
▪ look forward to
▪
I'd been looking forward to my friend's ~ for some time.
▪ arrange , organize , plan , schedule
▪ postpone
▪ cancel
▪ cut short
▪
He was forced to cut short a ~ to North America.
▪ announce
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We received a letter announcing a ~ from government inspectors.
▪ be (well) worth
▪
If you're staying in Rome, Ostia is well worth a ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ during a/the ~ , on a/the ~
▪
On one of her regular ~s home, she told her parents she was engaged.
▪ ~ from
▪
We had a ~ from somebody collecting for charity.
▪ ~ to
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a ~ to the dentist
▪ ~ with ( AmE )
▪
He thought back to his ~ with the doctor.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ frequently , often , regularly
▪ occasionally , sometimes
▪ rarely
▪ personally
▪ online
VERB + VISIT
▪ come to , go to
▪
My parents are coming to ~ me next week.
▪
We've just been to ~ my grandparents.
▪ decide to , hope to , intend to , plan to , promise to , want to , wish to
▪ be expected to , be likely to
▪
A million people are expected to ~ the museum over the next 12 months.
▪ invite sb to , urge sb to
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
Come and ~ with me sometime.
Visit is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ delegation , ↑ inspector , ↑ tourist
Visit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ area , ↑ bar , ↑ blog , ↑ brothel , ↑ cathedral , ↑ cemetery , ↑ clinic , ↑ collection , ↑ country , ↑ destination , ↑ exhibition , ↑ facility , ↑ fair , ↑ farm , ↑ festival , ↑ gallery , ↑ grave , ↑ homeland , ↑ lavatory , ↑ library , ↑ mall , ↑ museum , ↑ neighbour , ↑ neighbourhood , ↑ optometrist , ↑ page , ↑ park , ↑ prostitute , ↑ region , ↑ relation , ↑ relative , ↑ restaurant , ↑ salon , ↑ seaside , ↑ shopping centre , ↑ showroom , ↑ shrine , ↑ sick , ↑ sight , ↑ site , ↑ store , ↑ theatre , ↑ toilet , ↑ veterinarian , ↑ website , ↑ zoo