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VISIT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)

Synonyms:

sojourn; visit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("visit" is a kind of...):

stay (continuing or remaining in a place or state)

Derivation:

visit (stay with as a guest)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of going to see some person in a professional capacity

Example:

a visit to the dentist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("visit" is a kind of...):

coming together; congress; meeting (the social act of assembling for some common purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visit"):

call (a visit in an official or professional capacity)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("visit" is a kind of...):

coming together; congress; meeting (the social act of assembling for some common purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visit"):

flying visit (a visit that last for only a very short time)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time

Example:

he dropped by for a visit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("visit" is a kind of...):

coming together; congress; meeting (the social act of assembling for some common purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visit"):

visitation (an official visit for inspection or supervision)

site visit (a visit in an official capacity to examine a site to determine its suitability for some enterprise)

call (a brief social visit)

visiting (the activity of making visits)

Derivation:

visit (pay a brief visit)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice

Example:

he scheduled a visit to the dentist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("visit" is a kind of...):

get together; meeting (a small informal social gathering)

Derivation:

visit (come to see in an official or professional capacity)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assail

Example:

He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "visit" is one way to...):

afflict; smite (cause physical pain or suffering in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

visitation (any disaster or catastrophe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Impose something unpleasant

Example:

The principal visited his rage on the students

Synonyms:

bring down; impose; inflict; visit

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "visit" is one way to...):

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "visit"):

foist (to force onto another)

give (inflict as a punishment)

clamp (impose or inflict forcefully)

intrude; obtrude (thrust oneself in as if by force)

dictate; order; prescribe (issue commands or orders for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something on somebody

Derivation:

visitation (an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Talk socially without exchanging too much information

Example:

the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

Synonyms:

chaffer; chat; chatter; chew the fat; chit-chat; chitchat; claver; confab; confabulate; gossip; jaw; natter; shoot the breeze; visit

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "visit" is one way to...):

converse; discourse (carry on a conversation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "visit"):

jawbone; schmoose; schmooze; shmoose; shmooze (talk idly or casually and in a friendly way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue visit

Sam cannot visit Sue

Derivation:

visitor (someone who visits)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Go to certain places as for sightseeing

Example:

Did you ever visit Paris?

Synonyms:

travel to; visit

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "visit" is one way to...):

jaunt; travel; trip (make a trip for pleasure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "visit"):

sightsee (visit famous or interesting sights)

frequent; haunt (be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

visiting (the activity of making visits)

visitor (someone who visits)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Come to see in an official or professional capacity

Example:

The grant administrator visited the laboratory

Synonyms:

inspect; visit

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

visitor (someone who visits)

visitation (an official visit for inspection or supervision)

visit (a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Pay a brief visit

Example:

The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens

Synonyms:

call; call in; visit

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "visit" is one way to...):

get together; meet (get together socially or for a specific purpose)

Verb group:

call (make a stop in a harbour)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "visit"):

see (go to see for professional or business reasons)

see (go to see for a social visit)

come by; drop by; drop in (visit informally and spontaneously)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot visit Sue

Derivation:

visit (the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time)

visitant; visitor (someone who visits)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Go to see a place, as for entertainment

Example:

We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning

Synonyms:

see; visit

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "visit" is one way to...):

tour (make a tour of a certain place)

Verb group:

see (go to see for a social visit)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "visit"):

take in (visit for entertainment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

visitant; visitor (someone who visits)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Stay with as a guest

Example:

Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "visit" is one way to...):

abide; bide; stay (dwell)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

visit (a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest))

visitor (someone who visits)

Credits

 Context examples: 

You ought to make an effort and go visiting everywhere you are asked, then you'll have plenty of friends, and pleasant places to go to.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The children were tested for reactions to various allergens at periodic clinic visits.

(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)

During this time they are much visited by their friends, because they cannot go abroad with their usual ease and satisfaction.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

One or more series of images taken on a single visit to a medical facility.

(DICOM Study, NCI Thesaurus)

That would be turning your visit into an evil indeed.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

But I thought you had gone to visit the Wicked Witch of the West.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Mr. Utterson was sitting by his fireside one evening after dinner, when he was surprised to receive a visit from Poole.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

White Fang was in Grey Beaver's camp when Beauty Smith first visited it.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how often have you had to visit the Emergency Room?

(COMM - Visit Emergency Room, NCI Thesaurus)

This instrument consists of an interview that is given to both the patient and their caregiver by a clinician at a baseline visit and then is repeated at the 2, 6, and 12 month visits.

(Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Clinical Global Impression of Change Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)