visit

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ brief, fleeting (esp. BrE), flying (BrE), quick, short

▪ little

▪

I think it's time we paid him a little visit.

▪ extended, lengthy, long

▪ eight-day, hour-long, weekend, etc.

▪ regular

▪ routine

▪ frequent, repeated

▪

She enjoyed the frequent visits of her grandchildren.

▪ infrequent, occasional, periodic, rare

▪ annual, daily, twice-weekly, etc.

▪ repeat

▪ recent

▪ last, previous

▪ forthcoming (esp. BrE), impending, upcoming (AmE)

▪

The President has been briefed in preparation for his forthcoming visit to Russia.

▪ exchange (esp. BrE), reciprocal, return

▪

Exchange visits between company and school have kept the project going.

▪

They came here last week, and we'll pay them a return visit in the summer.

▪ surprise, unannounced, unexpected

▪ planned, scheduled

▪ unwelcome

▪ casual

▪ formal, ministerial (esp. BrE), official, presidential, royal, state

▪ high-profile

▪ family, private, social, unofficial

▪ foreign, overseas (both esp. BrE)

▪ personal

▪

Following her letter of complaint, she received a personal visit from the store manager.

▪ home (BrE)

▪

You should receive a home visit from your midwife within a month.

▪ hospital, prison

▪ dental, doctor's, emergency-room, medical, office (all AmE)

▪ first, initial

▪ follow-up

▪ educational (esp. BrE), study

▪ fact-finding (esp. BrE), research

▪ inspection

▪ on-site, site

▪ campus (AmE), school

▪ memorable

VERB + VISIT

▪ conduct (formal), go on, make, pay sb, take, undertake (formal, esp. BrE)

▪

We used to go on school visits to museums and historical buildings.

▪

How many doctors are still able to make home visits?

▪

Pay us a visit next time you're in town.

▪ get, have, receive

▪ look forward to

▪

I'd been looking forward to my friend's visit for some time.

▪ arrange, organize, plan, schedule

▪ postpone

▪ cancel

▪ cut short

▪

He was forced to cut short a visit to North America.

▪ announce

▪

We received a letter announcing a visit from government inspectors.

▪ be (well) worth

▪

If you're staying in Rome, Ostia is well worth a visit.

PREPOSITION

▪ during a/the visit, on a/the visit

▪

On one of her regular visits home, she told her parents she was engaged.

▪ visit from

▪

We had a visit from somebody collecting for charity.

▪ visit to

▪

a visit to the dentist

▪ visit with (AmE)

▪

He thought back to his visit with the doctor.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ frequently, often, regularly

▪ occasionally, sometimes

▪ rarely

▪ personally

▪ online

VERB + VISIT

▪ come to, go to

▪

My parents are coming to visit me next week.

▪

We've just been to visit my grandparents.

▪ decide to, hope to, intend to, plan to, promise to, want to, wish to

▪ be expected to, be likely to

▪

A million people are expected to visit the museum over the next 12 months.

▪ invite sb to, urge sb to

PREPOSITION

▪ with

▪

Come and visit with me sometime.

Visit is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑delegation, ↑inspector, ↑tourist

Visit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑area, ↑bar, ↑blog, ↑brothel, ↑cathedral, ↑cemetery, ↑clinic, ↑collection, ↑country, ↑destination, ↑exhibition, ↑facility, ↑fair, ↑farm, ↑festival, ↑gallery, ↑grave, ↑homeland, ↑lavatory, ↑library, ↑mall, ↑museum, ↑neighbour, ↑neighbourhood, ↑optometrist, ↑page, ↑park, ↑prostitute, ↑region, ↑relation, ↑relative, ↑restaurant, ↑salon, ↑seaside, ↑shopping centre, ↑showroom, ↑shrine, ↑sick, ↑sight, ↑site, ↑store, ↑theatre, ↑toilet, ↑veterinarian, ↑website, ↑zoo