Collocations for "visit"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "visit" in context.
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visit
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- visit your [friend, parents, grandmother]
- visit your [friend] [at home, in the hospital]
- visit with your [friend]
- visit [Hawaii]
- visited (over) [10] cities (while on vacation)
- visited there once (before)
- visit the [pyramids, temple, shrine]
- visited [an art gallery, a museum]
- visit the site of the [killings, miracle]
- visited to [see, learn]
- come [and, to] visit (sometime)
- [come, stop, swing] by and visit (me)
- visited by [tourists, researchers, enthusiasts]
- visited by [thousands] every year
- visit our [store, new location] (today)
- visit us at
- visit a [webpage, URL]
- visit the [factory, troops] (for inspection)
- visited [vengeance, punishment] on them
- a [short, brief, flying, quick, fleeting, temporary, long] visit
- [a courtesy, a planned, an unwelcome, an unexpected, an awkward, an entertaining] visit
- [a much, an often] dreaded visit (to)
- a [week, two-week, weekend] visit
- pay my [sister, dad, friend] a visit
- pay a visit to my [sister]
- was on a visit to the [USA, university]
- is away on a visit to
- had to [extend, cut short] their visit
- enjoy your visit
- a visit to the [doctor, dentist, his grandparents]
- a visit from [your parents, a friend]
- a visit by the [taxman, inspector]
'visit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
America
- Britain
- Canada
- China
- Easter
- England
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
- Japan
- London
- Pope
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- US
- Wales
- alien
- animal
- another
- appointment
- arrange
- aunt
- away
- awe
- bank
- bath
- bathroom
- before
- best
- big
- bishop
- breathtaking
- brief
- call
- charming
- client
- cockpit
- come
- complete
- counterpart
- courtesy
- dairy
- dealer
- delight
- dentist
- disappointed
- discomfort
- draw