- visitor
- nounADJECTIVE▪ frequent, regular▪ occasional▪ seasonal▪ rare▪ casual▪ first-time▪
First-time visitors to Spain are often surprised by how late people eat.
▪ welcome▪ surprise, unexpected▪ uninvited, unwanted, unwelcome▪ potential, prospective▪The latest crime figures are likely to put off prospective visitors to the city.
▪ foreign, international, overseas▪ important▪ annual▪ business (esp. BrE), holiday (BrE)▪ museum, park▪ home, hospital, prison (all esp. BrE)▪ health (BrE)▪The baby's weight is monitored by the health visitor.
▪ site, websiteVERB + VISITOR▪ get, have, receive▪Do you get many visitors?
▪ expect▪I could see he was expecting visitors.
▪ greet, welcome▪ entertain▪The front room was used mainly for entertaining visitors.
▪ attract, bring, bring in, draw, lure▪The festival brings 5 000 visitors to the town every year.
▪ want▪ deter (esp. BrE)▪The lack of facilities in the town may deter the casual visitor.
▪ admit▪The college only admits visitors in organized groups.
VISITOR + VERB▪ come, flock, turn up (BrE)▪Visitors flocked to see the show.
▪ be interested in sthVISITOR + NOUN▪ bureau (AmE), centre/center▪Pick up a free map of the town from the visitor centre/center.
▪ attraction▪ information▪ experience▪ numbersPHRASES▪ encourage visitors to do sth, invite visitors to do sth▪Visitors are invited to browse around the farm site.
▪ give visitors sth, offer visitors sth▪The museum gives visitors a glimpse of the composer's life.
PREPOSITION▪ visitor from▪Visitors from Ireland will find much that reminds them of home.
▪ visitor to▪visitors to the museum
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
