Definitions for visit

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visit vis·it

Spelling: [viz-it]

IPA: /ˈvɪz ɪt/

Visit is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in visit (iistv).

Definitions for visit

noun

1. the act of or an instance of visiting:
2. a chat or talk:
3. a call paid to a person, family, etc.
4. a stay or sojourn as a guest.
5. an official inspection or examination.
6. the act of an officer of a belligerent nation in boarding a vessel in order to ascertain the nature of its cargo, its nationality, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc.:
2. to stay with as a guest.
3. to come or go to:
4. to go to for the purpose of official inspection or examination:
5. to come to in order to comfort or aid:
6. to come upon; assail; afflict:
7. to cause trouble, suffering, etc., to come to:
8. to access, as a website.
9. to inflict, as punishment, vengeance, etc. (often followed by on or upon).

verb (used without object)

1. to make a visit.
2. to talk or chat casually:
3. to inflict punishment.

Origin of visit

1175-1225; Middle English visiten (v.) (Old French visiter) Latin vīsitāre, frequentative of vīsere to go to see, itself frequentative of vidēre to see

Examples for visit

And were you as unhappy as you expected to be during this visit?

At any rate, he was stouter than when he appeared on his first visit.

From his purview, our visit and interest had brought excitement to him and his peers.

Her son peeked out the window and told me his mother had left Havana for La Lisa to visit a dying relative.

You will have your beloved father back sooner than you think, and you can visit and communicate with him all the while.

He dislikes to have me visit Aspasia; and was angry because I danced with Alcibiades.

Both Prados have enough magic that, after you visit them, the whole world feels like their gift shop for a few hours.

Kate and Harry, meanwhile, awaited their opportunity to go in and visit Aunt Jane.

Of all countries in the world, there is none I so much wish to visit as Persia.

He hasn't bothered to visit Iguala, the place where the students were abducted and killed.