visitor
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1 guest or tourist (n.) A1 Beginnersomeone who goes to see a person or a place like a museum or a park.
an individual who visits a person, place, or event for a limited duration.
ExampleThe museum gets thousands of visitors every weekend during the summer.
ExampleThe gallery staff were instructed to provide assistance to any visitor who appeared confused by the new layout of the permanent collection.
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2 away team (n.) B1 Intermediate Sporta person or sports team playing a game away from their own home ground.
the visiting team or its supporters in a competitive sporting context.
ExampleThe visitors scored a goal in the final minute of the match.
ExampleDespite the hostile atmosphere created by the home crowd, the visitors maintained their composure and secured a narrow victory.
- away team
- opposition
- home team
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3 official inspector (n.) C1 Advanced Formal Lawa person with the power to check that a school or hospital is being run correctly.
an official appointed to inspect or oversee the administration of an institution.
ExampleThe university visitor was called in to settle the dispute between the professors.
ExampleThe board appointed an independent visitor to conduct a thorough review of the hospital's safety protocols following the incident.
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4 alien (n.) B2 Upper Intermediate Humorous Informal Sciencea being from another planet that comes to Earth.
a hypothetical extraterrestrial being visiting Earth.
ExampleThe movie is about a friendly visitor from a distant galaxy.
ExampleScience fiction writers often use the arrival of a mysterious visitor as a catalyst for exploring human nature and societal fears.
Partly from Middle English visiter, visitere, equivalent to visit + -er; and partly from Middle English visitour, from Anglo-Norman visitour, from Old French visetëor. By surface analysis, visit + -or.