- visit
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ 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▪ memorableVERB + 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)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He thought back to his visit with the doctor.
verbADVERB▪ frequently, often, regularly▪ occasionally, sometimes▪ rarely▪ personally▪ onlineVERB + 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 toPREPOSITION▪ with▪Come and visit with me sometime.
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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
