Meaning & use
post visit
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a nounformal
Happening or done after a visit, especially after seeing a doctor, a place, or a person.
Grammar: Used before a noun: 'post-visit checkup', 'post-visit survey'. It is not usually used after a verb.
Patterns
- post-visit checkup
- post-visit survey
- post-visit report
The clinic sent a post-visit survey to all patients.
After the museum tour, we filled out a post-visit questionnaire.
She scheduled a post-visit follow-up for the following week.
nouncountableformal
A visit that takes place after an earlier one, often for follow-up or review.
Grammar: Countable; often used with 'a' or 'the': 'a post visit', 'the post visit'.
Patterns
- a post visit to someone
- schedule a post visit
The doctor arranged a post visit to check on the healing process.
We had a post visit with the client to discuss the final details.
Word forms
| plural | post visits |
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Common combinations
- post-visit follow-up
- The post-visit follow-up was scheduled for two weeks later.
- post-visit questionnaire
- Please complete the post-visit questionnaire before you leave.
- post-visit report
- The inspector wrote a detailed post-visit report.
- post-visit care
- The nurse gave instructions for post-visit care at home.
Synonyms and how they differ
- follow-up
- Follow-up is a more general term for any later action or visit; post visit specifically means a visit that happens after another visit.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: post visit or post-visit?
post visit vs post-visit
This is the same as 'post visit' but with a hyphen; both are correct, though the hyphenated form is more common in writing.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'post visit' correctly?
Choose one answer.
In option A, 'post visit' is used as an adjective before 'checkup'. The other options treat it as a verb, which it is not; 'post visit' is not a verb.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “post visit”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.