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visits

n. countable
A2 Elementary US //ˈvɪzɪts// UK //vˈɪzɪts// vis·its

n. an act of going to see a person or a place for a short time. You use this when you go to a friend's house or travel to a museum.

n. an instance of going to see a person or place for a specific purpose, such as socialising, inspection, or tourism. Often used in professional contexts to describe official appointments or medical consultations.


SIMPLE

The museum gets many visits from tourists every day.

CONTEXTUAL

The doctor scheduled three home visits for the afternoon to check on patients who could not travel.

COMPLEX

Frequent visits to the historical archives allowed the researcher to piece together a narrative that had been lost to the public for decades.

Synonyms
Usage

Often takes the preposition 'to' when specifying the destination.

Pitfall

my visit at Londonmy visit to LondonWhen 'visit' is a noun, it is followed by 'to' rather than 'at' or 'in' to indicate the destination.

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