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English noun: visit | |||
| 1. | visit (act) the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time | ||
| Samples | He dropped by for a visit. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coming together, meeting | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | call, site visit, visitation, visiting | ||
| 2. | visit (group) a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice | ||
| Samples | He scheduled a visit to the dentist. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | get together, meeting | ||
| 3. | visit (act) the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coming together, meeting | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flying visit | ||
| 4. | visit (act) the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity | ||
| Samples | A visit to the dentist. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coming together, meeting | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | call | ||
| 5. | visit (act) a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) | ||
| Synonyms | sojourn | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stay | ||
English verb: visit | |||
| 1. | visit (social) go to see a place, as for entertainment | ||
| Samples | We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning. | ||
| Synonyms | see | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tour | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | take in | ||
| Verb group | see | ||
| 2. | visit (motion) go to certain places as for sightseeing | ||
| Samples | Did you ever visit Paris?. | ||
| Synonyms | travel to | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | jaunt, travel, trip | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | frequent, haunt, sightsee | ||
| 3. | visit (social) pay a brief visit | ||
| Samples | The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot visit Sue | ||
| Synonyms | call, call in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | get together, meet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | come by, drop by, drop in, see, see | ||
| Verb group | call | ||
| 4. | visit (motion) come to see in an official or professional capacity | ||
| Samples | The governor visited the prison. The grant administrator visited the laboratory. | ||
| Synonyms | inspect | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| 5. | visit (communication) impose something unpleasant | ||
| Samples | The principal visited his rage on the students. | ||
| Synonyms | bring down, impose, inflict | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something on somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clamp, dictate, foist, give, intrude, obtrude, order, prescribe | ||
| 6. | visit (communication) talk socially without exchanging too much information | ||
| Samples | The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue visit, Sam cannot visit Sue | ||
| Synonyms | chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | converse, discourse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze | ||
| 7. | visit (stative) stay with as a guest | ||
| Samples | Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abide, bide, stay | ||
| 8. | visit (change) assail | ||
| Samples | He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | afflict, smite | ||
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