Visit ˈvɪzɪt Pay Time Occasion Home Received Paid

• it's my first visit to new york.
• they're on an exchange visit to france.
• if you have time, pay a visit to the local museum.
• we had a visit from the police last night.

visit

1. an occasion or a period of time when somebody goes to see a place or person and spends time there
• see also flying visit
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• It's my first visit to New York.
• They're on an exchange visit to France.
• If you have time, pay a visit to the local museum.
• We had a visit from the police last night.
• Is this a social visit, or is it business?
• a visit to the doctor
• a home visit (= when your doctor visits you)
2. an occasion when somebody looks at a website on the Internet
• Visits to our website have doubled in a year.
3. an occasion when two or more people meet to talk in an informal way

Extra Examples

• Following her letter of complaint, she received a personal visit from the store manager.
• He offered her a drink to try to prolong her visit.
• He thought back to his visit with the doctor.
• He was forced to cut short a visit to North America.
• How many doctors are still able to make home visits?
• I think it’s time we paid him a little visit.
• I’d been looking forward to my cousin’s visit for ages.
• If you’re staying in Rome, Ostia is well worth a visit.
• On one of her regular visits home, she told her parents she was engaged.
• Pay us a visit next time you’re in town.
• She enjoyed the frequent visits of her grandchildren.
• The President has been briefed in preparation for his forthcoming visit to Russia.
• The visit signalled the normalization of relations between the two countries.
• They came here last week, and we’ll pay them a return visit in the summer.
• We had a visit from somebody collecting for charity.
• We received a letter announcing a visit from government inspectors.
• We used to go on school visits to museums and historical buildings.
• While on holiday in Italy, the prime minister paid a courtesy visit to his opposite number in Rome.
• You should receive a home visit from your midwife within a month.
• a visit to the dentist
• Allow three hours for your visit.
• Enjoy your visit!
• Is this a social visit or are you here on business?
• Is this your first visit to New York?
• She was making one of her frequent visits to London.
• The inspectors paid a surprise visit to the factory.
• The president made a flying visit to the festival.
• The prime minister is on an official visit to Jamaica.
• They received a visit from the party leader.
• We had to cut short our visit and fly home.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French visiter or Latin visitare ‘go to see’, frequentative of visare ‘to view’, from videre ‘to see’.