"visit" meaning in English

See visit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪzɪt/ Audio: en-us-visit.ogg [US] Forms: visit [singular], visits [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The act of visiting.
    Sense id: simple-visit-en-noun-fGnIl1b7

Verb

IPA: /ˈvɪzɪt/ Audio: en-us-visit.ogg [US] Forms: visit [canonical], visits [third-person, singular], visited [past], visited [past, participle], visiting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you visit someone, you meet the person.
    Sense id: simple-visit-en-verb-m-wrsP~M
  2. When you visit a place, you see the place.
    Sense id: simple-visit-en-verb-HDQRb6fC
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    },
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        {
          "text": "I visit my friend Bethsy at her house every Tuesday."
        }
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          "text": "When I went to Paris, I visited the Eiffel Tower."
        }
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    }
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}

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        {
          "text": "I paid a visit to my grandmother last weekend to see how she was doing."
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    },
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "visited",
      "tags": [
        "past",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "visiting",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
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    }
  ],
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        }
      ],
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        "When you visit someone, you meet the person."
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When I went to Paris, I visited the Eiffel Tower."
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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        {
          "text": "I paid a visit to my grandmother last weekend to see how she was doing."
        }
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɪzɪt/"
    },
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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