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Noun visit has 5 senses
- visit - the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit"
--1 is a kind of meeting, coming together
--1 has particulars: visitation; site visit; call; call; visiting
- 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"
--2 is a kind of meeting, get together
- visit - the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
--3 is a kind of meeting, coming together
- visit - the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist"
--4 is a kind of meeting, coming together
- sojourn, visit - a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
--5 is a kind of stay
Verb visit has 8 senses
- visit, see - visit a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"
--1 is one way to tour
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- travel to, visit - go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit Paris?"
--2 is one way to travel, trip, jaunt
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- visit, call in, call - pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
--3 is one way to meet, get together
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot visit Sue
- visit, inspect - come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- inflict, bring down, visit, impose - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
--5 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something on somebody
- chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, 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"
--6 is one way to converse, discourse
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue visit
Sam cannot visit Sue
- visit - stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"
--7 is one way to bide, abide, stay
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- visit - assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"
--8 is one way to afflict, smite
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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