verb / noun
visit
Going to see a person or place.
A man visits an older woman at her home.
Etymology
The Latin verb means going to see someone or something. The modern activity preserves that deliberate temporary encounter.
In context
every time I would go to visit her she would lift me up and bring me into her room
More examples
- We visited the aquarium during our vacation.
- Your unexpected visit made my afternoon.
- Thousands of readers visit the website each week.
Forms
visit · visits · visited · visiting
visitor noun — Someone who comes to see a place or person.
Similar words
- tour
- Usually involves seeing several places or parts of a place.
- call on
- Usually a relatively brief visit to a person.