A1verb · transitive · frequent

visit

vis·it

visit · visits · visited · visiting

відвідати, відвідувати

посетить, посещать, навестить, навещать

besuchen

To habitually go to to comfort themTo habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

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/ˈvɪzɪt/

» The museum is worth a visit.

Das Museum ist sehenswert.

Этот музей сто́ит посетить.

Музей стоит посетить.

Цей музей варто відвідати.

Музей заслуговує на відвідування.

Meaning

8 senses

(transitive)To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
(intransitive, transitive)To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
She decided to visit her grandparents for Christmas.
besuchen
посеща́тьposeščátʹ, посети́тьposetítʹ, навеща́тьnaveščátʹ
відві́дуватиvidvíduvaty, відві́датиvidvídaty
(transitive)Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
(transitive)Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
(transitive)To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
(transitive)To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
(transitive)To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
(archaic, transitive)To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).

Examples

5717 sentences

The museum is worth a visit.
Цей музей варто відвідати.
ruЭтот музей сто́ит посетить.
deDas Museum ist sehenswert.
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What's the purpose of your visit?
Яка мета вашого візиту?
ruКакова цель вашего визита?
deWas ist der Grund Ihres Besuchs?
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I visited my friend Tom yesterday.
Я вчора ходив у гості до свого друга Тома.
ruЯ навещал своего друга Тома вчера.
deIch habe gestern meinen Freund Tom besucht.
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I paid him a visit yesterday.
Я відвідав його вчора.
deGestern stattete ich ihm einen Besuch ab.
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I don't like visiting big cities.
Я не люблю відвідувати великі міста.
ruЯ не люблю посещать большие города.
deIch besichtige nicht gerne große Städte.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to go and meet (someone):

Русский

By meaning 1

to go and meet (someone):

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to go and meet (someone):

Origin

From Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, frequentative of

From Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, frequentative of vīsō (“behold, survey”), from videō (“see”). Cognate with Old Saxon wīsōn (“to visit, afflict”), archaic German weisen (“to visit, afflict”). Displaced native Old English sēċan (“to visit”) and sōcn (“a visit”).

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Forms

visits, visiting, visited, visited

Base form	visit · to visit
3rd person singular	visits
Present participle	visiting
Past simple	visited
Past participle	visited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	visit
he, she, it	visits

Past simpleLesson

all persons

visited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have visited
he, she, it	has visited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will visit

Synonyms

22 synonyms

go and meet:call on

Close in meaning

come to see in an official or professional capacity:inspect
pay a brief visit:call in call
go to see a place, as for entertainment:see
go to certain places as for sightseeing:travel to
impose something unpleasant:inflict bring down impose
talk socially without exchanging too much information:chew the fat shoot the breeze chat confabulate confab chitchat chit-chat chatter

Word family

10 related words

Derivedintervisit previsit visitability visitable visitee visitment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

want to visit
going to visit
plan to visit
like to visit
come to visit
came to visit
visit his uncle
ever visited
to visit his
able to visit
come and visit
for a visit