|Origin:||visiter, from Latin visitare, from visere 'to go to see', from videre; VISION|
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1 [intransitive and transitive]DLT
to go and spend time in a place or with someone, especially for pleasure or interest: ! In spoken English it is more usual to say that you go to a place or go to see/go and see a person or place: We went to the Louvre. | I'm going to see my mother.
Eric went to Seattle to visit his cousins.
I was really pleased that they came to visit me.
Which cities did you visit in Spain?
A recent trip to London gave me the opportunity to visit the Science Museum.
She doesn't visit very often.
to go to a place as part of your official job, especially to examine it:
The building inspector is visiting the new housing project.
visit with American English
The President's first trip abroad will be to visit with troops in Bosnia.
3 [transitive] formal
to go to see a doctor, lawyer etc in order to get treatment or advice
to look at a website on the Internet:
Over 1,000 people visit our site every week.
5 [intransitive] American English
to talk socially with someone
Why don't you kids play outside while we visit with each other?
visit something on somebody/somethingphrasal verb
God's wrath will be visited on sinners.