Dictionary Entry
visit
visit is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.
- 2transitive verb
To go or come to See for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge.
- 3transitive verb
To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath.
- 4intransitive verb
To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
- 5transitive verb
The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician.
- 6transitive verb
The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector.
- 7noun
a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
Synonyms
- 8noun
the act of going to See some person in a professional capacity
"a visit to the dentist"
- 9noun
the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
- 10noun
the act of going to See some person or place or thing for a short time
"he dropped by for a visit"
- 11noun
a meeting arranged by the visitor to See someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
"he scheduled a visit to the dentist"
- 12verb
assail
"He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"
- 13verb
impose something unpleasant
"The principal visited his rage on the students"
- 14verb
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
- 15verb
go to certain places as for sightseeing
"Did you ever visit Paris?"
- 16verb
come to See in an official or professional capacity
"The governor visited the prison"
"The grant administrator visited the laboratory"
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- 17verb
pay a brief visit
"The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
Synonyms
- 18verb
go to see a place, as for entertainment
"We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"
Synonyms
- 19verb
stay with as a guest
"Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"
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