visit
part of speech
verb (visit, visits, visited, visiting); noun (a visit, visits)
meaning for a pupil
1) To visit means to go to see a person or a place for a while. tree →
2) A visit is the time you spend there, or the trip itself. tree →
3) To visit a website means to look at it on a screen. tree →
4) A doctor or nurse who visits a sick person comes to their home to help. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school maths: visits counted; visitors on different days added; trips with time and cost (each visit costs some dollars). In everyday life: visiting grandparents, friends, the dentist or a museum; a class visit (a field trip). Phrases: «pay a visit», «a visit to», «on a visit», «visiting hours» (when people may come to a hospital).
examples
- She visits her grandma 3 times a month. tree →
- 120 people visited the museum on Monday. tree →
- Each visit costs 5 dollars. tree →
- How many visits in a year? tree →
- We paid a visit to our cousins in Ireland. tree →
- The class visit to the zoo was great fun. tree →
- Visiting hours at the hospital end at eight. tree →
- Over a million people visit this website every week. tree →
- "Now come and pay us a visit." tree →
note
Past «visited» (one t at the end; do not double it). «A visit to the park», not «a visit at». A visitor is a person who visits. Maths: counted visits often multiply by a cost or a time (visits × cost of one); visitors on different days are added. Safety: a stranger who says they are «visiting» should not be let in without a grown-up.
In the corpora
- An annual check-up is a routine visit to catch problems early, even when you feel fine.
- Waiting is a big part of hospitals: waiting to be seen, waiting for results, waiting for visiting hours.
- Hospitals limit visiting hours and the number of visitors so patients can rest and doctors and nurses can work.
- Families visit graves, send cards, mark the anniversary, hold memorial services and even put up benches with little plaques.
- Many families visit graves to remember someone, tidy the spot and leave flowers; talking to the person there is normal.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «visit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.