visit

Meanings

• the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
  • "he dropped by for a visit"
• a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
  • "he scheduled a visit to the dentist"
• the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
• the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
  • "a visit to the dentist"
• a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
• go to see a place, as for entertainment
• go to certain places as for sightseeing
  • "Did you ever visit Paris?"
• pay a brief visit
• come to see in an official or professional capacity
  • "The governor visited the prison"
  • "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"
• impose something unpleasant
  • "The principal visited his rage on the students"
• talk socially without exchanging too much information
• stay with as a guest
  • "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"
• assail
  • "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"

Synonyms

bring down, call, call in, chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, impose, inflict, inspect, jaw, natter, see, shoot the breeze, sojourn, travel to