Meaning & use
site visit
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Meaning
nouncountable
A trip to a place to check conditions, progress, or suitability, especially for work or study.
Grammar: Countable noun; plural is 'site visits'. Often used with 'make', 'do', or 'conduct'.
Patterns
- make a site visit
- conduct a site visit
- a site visit to something
The manager made a site visit to check the building work.
We conducted a site visit before buying the property.
The students went on a site visit to the factory.
Word forms
| plural | site visits |
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Common combinations
- make a site visit
- The inspector will make a site visit next Monday.
- conduct a site visit
- The team conducted a site visit to assess the damage.
- site visit to
- She went on a site visit to the new school.
- pre-construction site visit
- A pre-construction site visit helps identify potential problems.
Synonyms and how they differ
- inspection
- More general; an inspection can be of anything, while a site visit specifically involves going to a place.
- field trip
- Usually for students and more educational; a site visit is often for work or professional purposes.
Word family
Commonly confused: site visit or sightseeing?
site visit vs sightseeing
Sightseeing is visiting interesting places as a tourist; a site visit is usually for work or inspection, not leisure.
Practice
Before the renovation, the architect will ___ a site visit to measure the rooms.
Choose one answer.
The usual verb with 'site visit' is 'make' or 'conduct'. 'Do a site visit' is sometimes heard but less standard; 'take' and 'have' are not used in this context.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “site visit”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.