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visit

verb

1 I was away visiting a dear uncle of mine:

pay someone a call, pay someone a visit, pay a call on, pay a visit to, go to see, come to see, look in on;

stay with, spend time with, be the guest of;

stop by, drop by, pay a call, pay a visit, come to stay;

British call on, call in on, holiday with;

North American visit with, go see;

informal pop in on, drop in on, blow in on, drop round to see, look up.

2 Alex was visiting America on a hectic tour:

stay in, stop over in, spend time in;

tour, drive round, go round, explore;

see, view, inspect, survey, examine;

British holiday in;

North American vacation in.

3 the citizens were visited with repeated epidemics of a strange disease:

afflict, attack, assail, trouble, harrow, torment, torture;

descend on;

archaic smite.

□ be visited on someone

it is hard to imagine a greater psychological cruelty visited on a child:

happen to, overtake, befall, come upon, fall upon, hit, strike.

noun

1 after reading the play she paid a visit to the poet:

social call, call.

2 a school visit to the Ashmolean Museum:

trip to, tour of, look around/round;

stopover, stop-off, stay, stop;

break;

British holiday, minibreak;

North American vacation;

North American, informal vacay;

formal sojourn.

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