1
as in to see
to make a social call upon
the club ladies make a point of visiting everyone who moves into the neighborhood
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2
as in to stay
to reside as a temporary guest
an old friend who comes to visit for a month every summer
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as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
tries to visit with her best friend on the phone at least once a week
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as in to haunt
to go to or spend time in often
visit Ireland for a few weeks every year
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5
as in to call
to make a brief visit
stopped to visit with my father on the way out of town
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as in visitation
a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons
came by for a quick visit
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Recent Examples of visit
Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Chip and Joanna Gaines take a break from filming their new show, Back to the Frontier, to visit Universal Studios in Hollywood, California, on June 22.
—Grace Harrington, People.com, 25 June 2025
Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Just days after being named TVLine’s latest Performer of the Week, the star of TV’s The Chosen — the Christian historical drama that now calls Prime Video home — met Pope Leo XIV, during a Wednesday visit to the Vatican.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 June 2025
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Verb
Vaux first visited Glacier House in 1887, the year the hotel opened.
—Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Chip and Joanna Gaines take a break from filming their new show, Back to the Frontier, to visit Universal Studios in Hollywood, California, on June 22.
—Grace Harrington, People.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
Their images showed that the glacier had retreated significantly in the seven years since their last visit.
—Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Just days after being named TVLine’s latest Performer of the Week, the star of TV’s The Chosen — the Christian historical drama that now calls Prime Video home — met Pope Leo XIV, during a Wednesday visit to the Vatican.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for visit
Verb
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And club captain Marc-Andre ter Stegen is first on the list of those the club would like to see leave before the end of the transfer window.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Khamenei is reportedly hiding in a bunker, with little access to communications, and has yet to be seen in public since Israel and Iran reached the ceasefire, which came into effect on Tuesday.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
26 June 2025
Verb
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Enzo Maresca insists the best plan is for Josh Acheampong to stay at Chelsea next season despite reports linking him with a move away from Stamford Bridge in this transfer window.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Much of the Democratic Party establishment either backed Brown or stayed neutral, instead of sticking with their own party's nominee.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
Verb
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Think of it like chatting with a designer about your dream home.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Suge Knight recalled his final moments by 2Pac’s side in September 1996 while chatting from behind bars with People in a story published Tuesday (July 1).—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
1 July 2025
Verb
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Casual downloads from a wide array of websites haunts parents the world over.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The tragic consequences ultimately haunted Einstein for the rest of his life.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 June 2025
Verb
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Feb. 2023
Noun
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The marshals service said the child’s mother allegedly fled with the child during custodial visitation in Cobb County, Georgia.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2025
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The girls' mother Whitney Decker had called police on May 30 to report that Decker failed to return the girls to her home in Wenatchee following a planned visitation.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
Verb
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Sucked underground by an explosive whirlwind, DK must team up with a talking mineral named Odd Rock to prevent VoidCo from reaching the planet’s core, where legend says something has the power to grant wishes.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
1 July 2025
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Through it all, Thune kept talking to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a moderate Mainer who blanched at the bill’s Medicaid cuts.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
1 July 2025
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The excursion will also feature a trip to Strickland Bay in search of dolphins and other wildlife that frequent these waters.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 June 2025
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The film dives into the history of Le Carrousel, a Parisian nightclub that became a safe space for transgender women to perform in the 1950s and was frequented by famed artists and entertainers, including Salvador Dali and Edith Piaf.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
24 June 2025
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“Visit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visit. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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