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Definition of visit

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transitive verb

intransitive verb

Definition of visit  (Entry 2 of 2)

• call (on or upon)
• drop in (on)

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Word History

Middle English, from Anglo-French visiter , from Latin visitare , frequentative of visere to go to see, frequentative of vidēre to see

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3d

1621, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing visit

• conjugal visit
• pay a visit to
• pay (someone) a visit
• visit on / upon

Dictionary Entries Near visit

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“Visit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visit. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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Kids Definition of visit  (Entry 2 of 2)

Middle English visiten "to go to a person especially to give comfort," from early French visiter (same meaning), derived from Latin visere "to go to see," from vidēre "to see" — related to vision

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Definition of visit verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• My parents are coming to visit me next week.
• to visit friends/family
• It looks like a lovely place to visit.
• to visit a country/city/town
• to visit a museum/shrine
• to visit a hospital/an office
• to visit a home/house
• She went to visit relatives in Wales.
• The Prime Minister is visiting Japan at the moment.
• You should visit your dentist at least twice a year.
• This is an area rarely visited by Europeans.
• I first visited New York in 1991.
• He is planning to visit China later this month.
• The best time to visit is during the winter dry season.
• A million people are expected to visit the museum over the next 12 months.
• We've just been to visit my grandparents.
• Be sure to visit us next time you're in London.
• I visited her in hospital.
• Jason invited us to visit his ranch.
• Next time you visit the States you'll have to come and see us.
• She's gone to visit her mother in Texas.
• The President will be visiting six European capitals.
• The shops are a major reason for visiting the city.
• The president recently visited Athens.
• She regularly visits the cemetery to tend the grave of her son.

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• We don't live here. We're just visiting.
• visit something Ships visit the island occasionally.
• The lake is also visited by seals in the summer.
• Government inspectors are visiting schools in the area.
• Council officers will be visiting premises to inspect safety arrangements.

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• courtesy visit
• visit with somebody
• visit something on somebody/something
• visit something upon somebody/something

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• I want to buy a little something to give to Val when I visit her in the hospital .
• There are several places of interest to visit in the area .
• I've never been to Kenya, but I hope to visit it next year .
• I have clear memories of visiting my grandfather's farm as a child .
• He picked up malaria when he was visiting the country on business .
• beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
• call (in) on someone
• happen along/by (somewhere)
• on your rounds idiom
• state visit
• stomping ground

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• They received a visit from the police .
• My uncle paid us a surprise visit yesterday .
• He gave a talk about his visit to America .
• The schedule for our trip to Paris includes visits to Notre Dame , the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre.
• The president's official visit marks the start of a more relaxed relationship between the two countries .

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[ viz -it ]

verb (used with object)

to visit a friend; to visit clients; to visit Paris.

• to stay with as a guest.

to visit a church for prayer.

a general visiting his troops.

to visit the sick.

The plague visited London in 1665.

to visit him with sorrows.

• to access, as a website.
• to inflict, as punishment, vengeance, etc. (often followed by on or upon ).

verb (used without object)

• to make a visit.

to visit on the phone with a friend.

• to inflict punishment.

a nice, long visit.

We had a good visit on the way back from the grocery store.

• a call paid to a person, family, etc.
• a stay or sojourn as a guest.
• an official inspection or examination.

the right of visit and search.

• to go or come to see (a person, place, etc)
• to stay with (someone) as a guest
• to go or come to (an institution, place, etc) for the purpose of inspecting or examining
• tr (of a disease, disaster, etc) to assail; afflict

the judge visited his full anger upon the defendant

• archaic. trusually foll bywith to afflict or plague (with punishment, etc)
• informal. often foll by with to chat or converse (with someone)
• the act or an instance of visiting
• a stay as a guest
• a professional or official call
• a formal call for the purpose of inspection or examination

the right of visit and search

• informal. a friendly talk or chat

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Derived forms.

• ˈvisitable , adjective

Other Words From

• inter·visit verb (used without object)
• non·visit·ing adjective
• pre·visit noun verb
• re·visit verb noun
• un·visit·ed adjective
• un·visit·ing adjective

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Origin of visit 1

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Example sentences.

“Time Capsule” walks users through a linear experience with between 45 and 60 minutes of content, but it sounds like it’s also designed to support further exploration and additional visits.

A visit to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is just 23 miles west.

The agency has since extended its agreement with contractor Allied Universal through the end 2021 to allow MTS’s new security director to play a greater role in the process, and to conduct visits now complicated by coronavirus restrictions.

Bregman said that visits with his brother in their younger years meant tagging along with him to medical emergencies.

Only companies that understand what makes a customer satisfied will be the ones able to implement an effective customer experience strategy that will make the visit worth repeating.

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

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

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

On May 9, which Moscow commemorates as World War II “Victory Day,” Klaus paid a highly visible visit to the Russian Embassy.

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

When the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs. Pruitt.

M'Bongo, the great chief of this neighbourhood, paid a ceremonial visit to my husband.

Levee: a ceremonious visit received by a distinguished person in the morning.

I really ought to visit my California estates, and I have always wanted to see that part of America.

In the spring of 1868 he was taken by his mother for a visit to England, and there, in the same year, his sister was born.

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noun as in social call upon another

Strongest matches

appointment , call , holiday , interview , stay , stop , stopover , talk , vacation

Strong matches

evening , sojourn , tarriance , visitation , weekend

verb as in be a guest of

call , call on , frequent , hit , inspect , play , see , stay at , talk , tour

chat , converse , crash , dwell , reside , sojourn , tarry

Weak matches

come around , come by , drop by , drop in , drop over , go over to , go to see , look around , look in on , look up , pay a call , pay a visit to , pop in , stay with , step in , stop by , stop off , swing by , take in

verb as in bother, haunt

Strongest match

afflict , assail , avenge , befall , impose , inflict , pain , punish , smite , trouble , wreak , wreck

bring down on , descend upon , force upon

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Example sentences.

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

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

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

On May 9, which Moscow commemorates as World War II “Victory Day,” Klaus paid a highly visible visit to the Russian Embassy.

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

When the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs. Pruitt.

M'Bongo, the great chief of this neighbourhood, paid a ceremonial visit to my husband.

Levee: a ceremonious visit received by a distinguished person in the morning.

I really ought to visit my California estates, and I have always wanted to see that part of America.

In the spring of 1868 he was taken by his mother for a visit to England, and there, in the same year, his sister was born.

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Three Types of Video Visits

At Facility

These visits are when you go to your facility and sit at a video visit station in the lobby. Your loved one or friend will be on a video visit station in their pod.

From Computer

At select facilities families and friends can have video visits from their own personal computers in the comfort of their own homes. You will need the following equipment to do a video visit from home:

• A computer.
• A webcam and a microphone, or a computer with these components built in (most laptops have these built in).
• An internet browser. Internet browsers Safari 4 and higher, or Firefox 7 and higher, are strongly recommended. Using other browsers may not load the page appropriately in order to begin your visit. We are not responsible for technical problems or issues that may arise from using an unsupported browser.
• For the best visit experience you should use headphones, but they are not required.
• High speed internet (DSL or Cable) connection (dial up and satellite are not supported).

From Android Device

Video visits go mobile with our Visit Now Android app. At select facilities families and friends can have video visits from their own Android devices.

How to Schedule a Visit

Free video visit policy.

Free visits are a benefit for the inmate and are credited to the  inmate’s account. Therefore the inmate is the only one who  can book a free visit . This allows the inmate at your facility full control of whom they want to use their free visit with. There are also advanced scheduling rules that control the timeframe that a free visit can be booked. These rules vary by facility. If an inmate books a visit outside this timeframe, they will not be allowed to use a free visit.

• Book the visit with their Friends & Family.
• Suggest a visit with their Friends & Family. The Friends & Family must have no prepaid funds on their account at the time they confirm the suggested time. The inmate’s free visit will then be deducted.
• Confirm a suggested visit from their friends and family. The Friends & Family must have no prepaid funds on their account at the time the inmate confirms the visit. The inmate’s free visit will then be deducted from their free visit allowance.

The only way Friends & Family can use a free visit is by suggesting a visit with the inmate. If the inmate has a free visit available and there are no prepaid funds on the Friends & Family account at the time the inmate confirms, the free visit will be deducted from inmate’s account.

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At Columbia University, protesters were undeterred, and even relaxed, as a phalanx of congressional leaders showed up and told them to “stop the nonsense.”

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At Columbia University’s campus on Wednesday, the main quad looked like a stage set for confrontation.

On one end stood Butler Library, a neoclassical colonnaded structure. At its base, a brightly tented encampment of more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators persisted for the sixth straight day after the police had swept away an earlier village and arrested its student inhabitants.

On the other end stood Low Library, similarly grand and colonnaded. A crush of reporters had gathered on its stairs because the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, was due to speak after meeting with Jewish students. In the morning, Mr. Johnson had called for the resignation of Columbia’s embattled president, Nemat Shafik, who he said had failed to protect the Jewish students from antisemitic attacks.

But after Columbia on Tuesday night backed off a threat to call in the police to dismantle the tents, the mood in the encampment had relaxed. Students picnicked on Dunkin’ Donuts and Popeyes.

Columbia had said it would continue negotiating with the protesters, who are demanding that it divest from companies with financial ties to Israel. At a news conference near the encampment, a student protest leader, Khymani James, declared, “This is a win for us.”

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Mr. Swill, 27, a graduate student in biomedical engineering, seemed unimpressed that Mr. Johnson was on his way.

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2025 4-Star Guard to Potentially Visit Michigan State

Jerry Easter, a class of 2025 4-star guard from La Lumiere School, is considering visiting Michigan State.

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Michigan State men's basketball and Coach Tom Izzo continue to make progress in the 2025 recruiting class.

According to Jamie Shaw of On3, 2025 four-star guard Jerry Easter is considering a visit to Michigan State.

Easter, a 6-foot-4 combo guard who will be entering his senior year at La Lumiere School/IN, is the No. 28 player in the 2025 On3 Industry Ranking.

Per Shaw, "Easter averaged 18.2 points and 5.9 rebounds playing on Nike's EYBL Scholastic Circuit this high school season."

According to 247Sports, Easter has nearly 40 offers, including Michigan State's fellow Big Ten rivals (current and soon-to-be) Illinois, Ohio State, UCLA, USC, Oregon, Michigan, and Washington.

Easter told Shaw he has already officially visited Oregon and Georgia Tech and is "going to look at visits to Ohio State and Michigan State next school year."

“It’s Coach (Tom) Izzo for me," Shaw said of his interest in the Spartans . "Every time I go there for an unofficial visit, he is just fun to be around. He has so much energy. I went to a couple of games and he just brings a lot of energy on and off the court, I like that about him. I like how he coached AJ Hoggard and Tyson Walker. Coach Izzo is a legendary coach. I’m definitely considering Michigan State as well, they have a high profile and a great coaching staff.”

That's some notable praise for the legendary Spartans coach.

Understandably, the Spartans don't have any 2025 commits yet, but they have some great talent coming from the class of 2024.

Jase Richardson, their top 2024 recruit and 247Sports' No. 4 combo guard in the country, is the son of Michigan State basketball legend Jason Richardson. Next is four-star shooting guard Kur Teng and three-star power forward Jesse McCulloch.

Izzo will have his hands full with the competition surrounding Easter's recruitment, but if development is what is catching the young guard's eye, Izzo is his guy. Hoggard and Walker are only two of some of Michigan State's best guards in recent seasons, and there could even be more before Easter moves on to the college level.

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