VISIT
What does "VISIT" mean?
To go to see a person or place and spend time there.
Meanings
- To go and stay with a person or at a place for a time. We plan to visit my grandparents over the holidays.
- To go to a website or online location. Visit our site to claim the discount.
- An act of going to see someone or somewhere. Her visit lasted only an afternoon.
- To inflict or impose something on someone (often harm or punishment). May such suffering never be visited upon you. formal
Did you know?
- At its root 'visit' simply means 'to go and see': it shares the Latin verb 'videre' with 'vision', 'video', and 'evident'.
Word origin
From Latin 'visitare' (to go to see), frequentative of 'visere' (to behold, go to see), from 'videre' (to see); via Old French 'visiter' into English.
Remember it
VISIT begins with 'VIS-' just like 'VISion' - you go to SEE.
A little poem
Two cups, one still warm-
a visit is the proof that
someone chose your door.
haiku
Wordplay
- The website said 'come visit us anytime,' so I showed up at their office. Turns out 'visit' has two readings and only one welcome mat.
What it teaches
A visit costs only time, yet time is the one currency you cannot earn back.
Quick facts
What does VISIT mean?
To go to see a person or place and spend time there.
Is VISIT a valid word?
Yes — VISIT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is VISIT?
VISIT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does VISIT come from?
From Latin 'visitare' (to go to see), frequentative of 'visere' (to behold, go to see), from 'videre' (to see); via Old French 'visiter' into English.
What can VISIT teach us?
A visit costs only time, yet time is the one currency you cannot earn back.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.