1. (

• visit ,

) the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit" ;

2. (

• 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" ;

3. (

• visit ,

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

4. (

• visit

) the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist" ;

5. (

• sojourn ,
• visit ,

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

1. (

• visit ,
• see ,

) go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning" ;

2. (

• travel_to ,
• visit

) go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit Paris?" ;

3. (

• visit ,
• call_in ,
• call

) pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" ;

4. (

• visit ,
• inspect

) come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory" ;

5. (

• inflict ,
• bring_down ,
• visit ,
• impose

) impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" ;

6. (

• chew_the_fat ,
• shoot_the_breeze ,
• chat ,
• confabulate ,
• confab ,
• chitchat ,
• chit-chat ,
• chatter ,
• chaffer ,
• natter ,
• gossip ,
• jaw ,
• claver ,
• visit

) talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" ;

7. (

• visit ,

) stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month" ;

8. (

• visit

) assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly" ;