Definition of visit

"visit" in the noun sense

1. visit

the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time

"he dropped by for a visit"

2. visit

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"

3. visit

the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)

4. visit

the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity

"a visit to the dentist"

5. sojourn, visit

a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)

"visit" in the verb sense

1. visit, see

go to see a place, as for entertainment

"We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"

2. travel to, visit

go to certain places as for sightseeing

"Did you ever visit Paris?"

3. visit, call in, call

pay a brief visit

"The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"

4. visit, inspect

come to see in an official or professional capacity

"The governor visited the prison"

"The grant administrator visited the laboratory"

5. inflict, bring down, visit, impose

impose something unpleasant

"The principal visited his rage on the students"

6. chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit

talk socially without exchanging too much information

"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

7. visit

stay with as a guest

"Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"

8. visit

assail

"He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"

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Quotations for visit

In various talk the instructive hours they past,
Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lasts
One speaks the glory of the British queen.
And one describes a charming Indian screen;
A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes;
At every word a reputation dies. [ Pope ]

The ornament of a house is the friends who visit it. [ Emerson ]

To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit? [ Goldsmith ]

Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice. [ Voltaire ]

If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches. [ Burgh ]

When an old man will not drink, you may safely promise him a visit in the next world. [ Proverb ]

Good and bad fortune are found severally to visit those who have the most of the one or the other. [ Rochefoucauld ]

True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation. [ Theophrastus ]

The Spaniards have a saying that there is no man whom Fortune does not visit at least once in his life. [ Ik Marvel ]

It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit. [ L'Estrange ]

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. [ George Eliot ]

There is no man whom Fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door and flies out at the window. [ Cardinal Imperiali ]

People travel the world over to visit untouched places of natural beauty, yet modern gardens pay little heed to the simplicity and beauty of these environments... those special places we all must preserve and protect, each in his own way, before they are lost forever. [ Mary Reynolds, 2002 Gold Medal Winner of the Chelsea Flower Show, November 2001 Application Form. Dare to Be Wild movie ]

visit in Scrabble®

The word visit is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters visit:

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visit in Words With Friends™

The word visit is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters visit:

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Words within the letters of visit

2 letter words in visit (2 words)

3 letter words in visit (2 words)

5 letter words in visit (1 word)

visit + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence visit

Words with visit in them (6 words)

Words that end with visit (2 words)

Word Growth involving visit

Shorter words in visit

is

it sit

Longer words containing visit

revisit revisited

revisit revisiting

revisit revisits

visitable

visitant visitants

visitation intervisitation

visitation visitations

visited revisited

visited unvisited

visiting revisiting

visitor visitors

visits revisits