short visit

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A brief stay with someone or at a place, lasting only a little time.

   Grammar: Countable, usually with 'a': a short visit; plural is 'short visits'.

   Patterns

   • a short visit to a place
   • a short visit from someone
   • pay someone a short visit
   • make a short visit to something

   We made a short visit to the museum before lunch.

   She paid her grandmother a short visit on Sunday afternoon.

   A short visit from my cousins always lifts my mood.

2. 2nouncountablecomputing

   A quick trip to a website or online page.

   Grammar: Used in computing and marketing; often followed by 'to': a short visit to our site.

   Patterns

   • a short visit to a website
   • get a short visit from users

   Most readers make only a short visit to the homepage.

   The ad brought a lot of short visits but few sales.

Word forms

Common combinations

pay someone a short visit

I'll pay my aunt a short visit on my way home.

a short visit to a place

He squeezed in a short visit to the gallery.

make a short visit

We made a short visit to the old town.

a brief short visit

It was a brief short visit, just twenty minutes.

a short visit home

She's planning a short visit home next month.

Synonyms and how they differ

brief visit

Almost the same, but 'brief' sounds a little more formal than 'short'.

quick stop

Suggests you barely paused on the way somewhere else, rather than staying a while.

flying visit

Informal British; stresses that the visit was extremely short and busy.

Opposites

Word family

visit verb

To go to see a person or place.

visitor noun

A person who visits.

visitation noun

A formal or official visit, or a parent's time with a child.

Commonly confused: short visit or short stay?

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