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Meaning of visit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
ˈvɪzɪt

Definitions

  1. To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. A single act of visiting.
  3. To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability
  4. A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
  5. an act of going to see someone or something for pleasure, socially, professionally etc, or going to stay for a time. We went on a visit to my aunt's; the children's visit to the museum. besoek زيارَه посещение visita návštěva der Besuch besøg επίσκεψηvisita külastus سر زدن؛ بازدید کردن vierailu visiteביקור मुलाकात posjet látogatás kunjungan heimsókn visita 訪問 방문 ap(si)lankymas, viešnagė vizīte; apciemojums; apmeklējums melawat; mengunjungi bezoekbesøk, visittpobyt, wizyta پوښتنه، ملاقات، كتنه...
    etc
  6. Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
  7. a person who visits, socially or professionally. I'm expecting visitors from America; We're having visitors next week. besoeker زائِر посетител visitante návštěvník, -ice der/die Besucher(in) gæst; besøgende επισκέπτηςvisita, invitado külaline ملاقات کننده؛ بازدید کننده vierailija visiteur/-euse אורח, מבקר भेंट करने वाला posjetitelj látogató tamu gestur, aðkomumaður visitatore, visitatrice 訪問客 방문객 lankytojas, svečias viesis; apmeklētājs pelawat bezoekergjest, besøkgość ميلمه، زيارت كوونكى: پل...
  8. To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something)
  9. To go to see or spend time with (someone); call on socially: visit friends.
  10. Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone)
  11. To go to see or spend time at (a place) with a certain intent: visit a museum; visited London.
  12. To occur to or occupy the mind of: was visited by a bizarre thought.
  13. To consider or discuss: Has she visited that topic on her blog?
  14. To afflict or assail: A plague visited the village.
  15. To make a visit.
  16. Informal To converse or chat: Stay and visit with me for a while.
    Informal
  17. The act or an instance of visiting a person or place.

Equivalents

Afrikaans besoek
Беларуская наве́даць
Bosanski visite посета
Català visita visitar
Cymraeg ymweld
Dansk besøg besøge
Deutsch Besuch besuchen
Esperanto viziti
Español consulta visita visitación visitar
Eesti külastama
Euskara bisitatu
Gaeilge ar cuairt
Gàidhlig tadhail tadhal
Galego viaxe visitar
हिन्दी पधारना
Hrvatski visite посета
Bahasa Indonesia kunjung kunjungan
Íslenska heimsækja heimsókn
ქართული ვიზიტი ნახვა
Қазақша бару келу
ខ្មែរ ងើត
Kurdî ziyaret
Кыргызча баруу келүү
Latina visito vīsō
Lietuvių lankyti
Latviešu apmeklēt
Te Reo Māori toro
Македонски визита посета посети посетува
Bahasa Melayu lawat
မြန်မာဘာသာ အိမ်လည်
Nederlands bezoek bezoeken opzoeken
Português consulta visita visitar
Română vizita
Slovenščina obisk obiskati obiskovati
Shqip vizitoj
Српски visite посета
Svenska besök besöka
Türkmençe zyýarat
Tagalog bisitahin bumisita dalawin dumalaw
ئۇيغۇرچە زىيارەت
اردو آمد زیارت
Oʻzbekcha tashrif ziyorat
Tiếng Việt thảm

Examples

“Next time you're in Manchester, give me a visit.”
“We paid a quick visit to James on the way up to Scotland.”
“There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].””

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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