visit

Everyday

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 →

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 Jewish tradition

In the Torah, God "visits" when He turns His attention to people to reward or punish them. It does not mean a social call.

Interpretation. Tradition reads God's "visiting" as His personal care and judgment. Moses says that if the rebels die an unusual death, it proves God sent him.

Examples

• And the land was defiled, therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants. (Torah LEV.18.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• If these men die the common death of all men, and be visited after the visitation of all men, then the LORD hath not sent Me. (Torah NUM.16.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee; behold, Mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.' (Torah EXO.32.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes. (Writings PSA.89.33, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing. (Writings JOB.5.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities. (Prophets AMO.3.2, JPS 1917) 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.