Meaning

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

  2. (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

  3. (transitive)Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

  4. (transitive)Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).

  5. (transitive)To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.

  6. (transitive)To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

  7. (transitive)To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.

    go to see a place, as for entertainment

  8. (archaic, transitive)To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).

Examples

5717 sentences
  1. The museum is worth a visit.

    Цей музей варто відвідати. — deniko

    ruЭтот музей сто́ит посетить. — soweli_Elepanto

    deDas Museum ist sehenswert. — Espi

  2. What's the purpose of your visit?

    Яка мета вашого візиту? — deniko

    ruКакова цель вашего визита? — ae5s

    deWas ist der Grund Ihres Besuchs? — al_ex_an_der

  3. I visited my friend Tom yesterday.

    Я вчора ходив у гості до свого друга Тома. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ навещал своего друга Тома вчера. — sharptoothed

    deIch habe gestern meinen Freund Tom besucht. — MUIRIEL

  4. I paid him a visit yesterday.

    Я відвідав його вчора. — deniko

    deGestern stattete ich ihm einen Besuch ab. — Espi

  5. I don't like visiting big cities.

    Я не люблю відвідувати великі міста. — deniko

    ruЯ не люблю посещать большие города. — Lenin_1917

    deIch besichtige nicht gerne große Städte. — MUIRIEL

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 formvisit · to visit
3rd person singularvisits
Present participlevisiting
Past simplevisited
Past participlevisited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyvisit
he, she, itvisits

Past simpleLesson

all personsvisited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave visited
he, she, ithas visited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill visit

Synonyms

22 synonyms
go and meet:call on
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
visit — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto