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A completely new type of dictionary with word collocation that helps students and advanced learners effectively study, write and speak natural-sounding English . This online dictionary is very helpful for the education of the IELTS, TOEFL test.

• Collocations/collocation - common word combinations such as 'bright idea' or 'talk freely' - are the essential building blocks of natural-sounding English. The dictionary contains over 150,000 collocations for nearly 9,000 headwords.
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Collocations With "VISIT" in English

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visit noun ADJ. brief, fleeting, flying, quick, short | lengthy, long | eight-day, hour-long, etc. | long-awaited | regular | constant, frequent She enjoyed the frequent visits of her grandchildren. | infrequent, annual, daily, twice-weekly, etc. | forthcoming, impending occasional, periodic, rare | The prime minister has been briefed in preparation for his forthcoming visit to China. | exchange, reciprocal, return Exchange visits between company and school have kept the project going. They came to visit last week, and we'll pay them a return visit in the autumn. | surprise, unannounced, unexpected | unwelcome | casual | formal, ministerial, official, presidential, royal, state | high-profile | trade | private, unofficial | foreign, overseas | personal Following her letter of complaint, she received a personal visit from the store manager. | domiciliary, home You should receive a home visit from your midwife within a month. | hospital, prison | initial, preliminary | follow-up | social | neighbourly | educational, study | fact-finding, research | courtesy, goodwill While on holiday in Italy, the prime minister paid a courtesy visit to his opposite number in Rome. | morale-boosting | inspection, monitoring | on-site, site | school | customer | memorable VERB + VISIT go on, make, pay sb, undertake We used to go on school visits to museums and historical buildings. How many doctors are still able to make home visits? Pay us a visit next time you're in town. | get, have, receive | look forward to I'd been looking forward to my cousin's visit for ages. | arrange, organize | postpone | cancel | cut short He was forced to cut short a visit to North America. | prolong He offered her a drink to try to prolong her visit. | announce We received a letter announcing a visit from government inspectors. | be (well) worth If you're staying in Rome, Ostia is well worth a visit. VISIT + VERB mark sth, signal sth The visit signalled the normalization of relations between the two countries. PREP. during/on a/the ~ On one of her regular visits home, she told her parents she was engaged. | ~ from We had a visit from somebody collecting for charity. | ~ to a visit to the theatre

visit verb ADV. regularly VERB + VISIT come to, go to My parents are coming to visit me next week. We've just been to visit my grandparents. | decide to, hope to, intend to, plan to, promise to, want to, wish to | be expected to, be likely to A million people are expected to visit the museum over the next 12 months. | invite sb to, urge sb to

What is a collocation?

A collocation is two or more words that often go together. These combinations (for example collocations with “VISIT” ) just sound “right” to native English speakers, who use them all the time. On the other hand, other combinations of “VISIT” may be unnatural and just sound “wrong”.

Using collocations list of “VISIT” improves your English, especially your English speaking skills, and increases your vocabulary words in English.

Why learn collocations with “VISIT” ?

• When using collocations with “VISIT” , Your language will be more natural and more easily understood.
• You will have alternative and richer ways of expressing yourself.
• It is easier for our brains to remember and use language in chunks or blocks such as Common Collocations with “VISIT” rather than as single words ( VISIT | Translation, Meaning in Persian (Farsi) )

How to learn collocations with “VISIT” ?

• Be aware of collocations with VISIT , and try to recognize them when you see or hear them.
• Treat collocations as single blocks of language. Think of them as individual blocks or chunks, and learn strongly support, not strongly + support.
• When you learn a new word ( e.g. VISIT | Translation, Meaning in Persian (Farsi) ), write down other words that collocate with it.
• Read as much as possible. Reading is an excellent way to learn vocabulary and collocations of “VISIT” in context and naturally.
• Revise what you learn regularly. Practice using new collocations with “VISIT” in context as soon as possible after learning them.
• Learn collocations with “ VISIT ” in groups that work for you. You could learn them by topic (time, number, weather, money, family) or by a particular word (take action, take a chance, take an exam).

Types of collocation with “VISIT”

• adverb + adjective: completely satisfied (NOT downright satisfied)
• adjective + noun: excruciating pain (NOT excruciating joy)
• noun + noun: a surge of anger (NOT a rush of anger)
• noun + verb: lions roar (NOT lions shout)
• verb + noun: commit suicide (NOT undertake suicide)
• verb + expression with preposition: burst into tears (NOT blow up in tears)
• verb + adverb: wave frantically (NOT wave feverishly)

Using Collocations of VISIT to Boost Your IELTS Score

The correct use of collocations of “VISIT” is an essential part of improving your English level and boosting your IELTS score. Using collocations + “VISIT” in sentence examples correctly allows you to write and speak more like a native speaker and they are also one of the things that examiners look out for when marking your tests.

VISIT Collocation Frequently Asked Questions

Why are VISIT collocations important? VISIT collocations are important because they make your language sound natural. If you master VISIT collocations, your English will be more idiomatic, that is, more similar to the way it is spoken by native speakers. It is acknowledged that knowledge of VISIT collocations helps to improve learners' language skills, enhance learners' communicative competence, and achieve native-like fluency.

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A completely new type of dictionary with word collocation that helps students and advanced learners effectively study, write and speak natural-sounding English. This online dictionary is very helpful for the education of the IELTS, TOEFL test.

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• Collocations/collocation - common word combinations such as 'bright idea' or 'talk freely' - are the essential building blocks of natural-sounding English. The dictionary contains over 150,000 collocations for nearly 9,000 headwords.
• The dictionary shows words commonly used in combination with each headword: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions, common phrases.
• The collocation dictionary is based on 100 million word British National Corpus.
• Over 50,000 examples show how the collocation/collocations are used in context, with grammar and register information where helpful.
• The clear page layout groups collocations according to part of speech and meaning, and helps users pinpoint speedily the headword, sense and collocation they need.
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Collocations

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• lifelong smoker
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• to smoke pipe
• to smoke cigarette
• to smoke marijuana
• to smoke cigar
• coffee shop
• repair shop
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• to throw the light
• to see the light
• to shed the light
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Definition of visit noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• a two-day/three-day visit
• the prime minister's surprise visit to the troops
• an official/state visit
• visit to somebody/something It's my first visit to New York.
• If you have time, pay a visit to the local museum.
• The family made a visit to England in the summer of 1923.
• a visit to the doctor
• His visits home were limited to Christmas.
• visit from somebody We had a visit from the police last night.
• visit by somebody Arranegments are being made for a visit by a member of the royal family.
• (British English) a home visit (= when your doctor visits you)
• a brief/recent visit
• on/during a visit The team reported on deficiencies found during the site visit .
• Regular visits to the dentist are important.
• Is this a social visit, or is it business?
• They're on an exchange visit to France.
• Following this initial visit, she will return to Montserrat in June.
• Following her letter of complaint, she received a personal visit from the store manager.
• He offered her a drink to try to prolong her visit.
• He was forced to cut short a visit to North America.
• How many doctors are still able to make home visits?
• I think it's time we paid him a little visit.
• I'd been looking forward to my cousin's visit for ages.
• If you're staying in Rome, Ostia is well worth a visit.
• On one of her regular visits home, she told her parents she was engaged.
• Pay us a visit next time you're in town.
• She enjoyed the frequent visits of her grandchildren.
• The President has been briefed in preparation for his forthcoming visit to Russia.
• The visit signalled the normalization of relations between the two countries.
• We had a visit from somebody collecting for charity.
• We received a letter announcing a visit from government inspectors.
• We used to go on school visits to museums and historical buildings.
• While on holiday in Italy, the prime minister paid a courtesy visit to his opposite number in Rome.
• You should receive a home visit from your midwife within a month.
• a visit to the dentist
• Allow three hours for your visit.
• Enjoy your visit!
• Is this a social visit or are you here on business?
• Is this your first visit to New York?
• She was making one of her frequent visits to London.
• The inspectors paid a surprise visit to the factory.
• The prime minister is on an official visit to Jamaica.
• They received a visit from the party leader.
• We had to cut short our visit and fly home.
• during a/​the visit
• on a/​the visit

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• visit to something Visits to our website have doubled in a year.
• The site now gets about 600,000 visits a day.
• He thought back to his visit with the doctor.

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• courtesy visit
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• visit something on somebody/something
• visit something upon somebody/something

Nearby words

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pay a visit

collocation pattern: verb + noun

to visit someone or something

For example

• You should pay your lawyer a visit and get some advice.
• If you have time, pay a visit to the science museum while you're here.

Paying a visit to someone always

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Collocation

What is a collocation.

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Examples of Collocation

Types of collocation, why understanding collocation is important.

Have, Take, and Make

• have a baby, have breakfast, have fun, have a headache, have an illness, have a good time
• take advice, take a bath, take medicine, take a picture, take a shower, take your time
• make breakfast, make a cake, make a mistake, make some tea, make a wish
• If you want to sound like a native speaker, you must recognize and learn the collocations.

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Verb Collocations: Most Popular Verb Collocations in English

Verb Collocations! In the English language, collocation refers to a natural combination of words that are closely affiliated with each other. Some examples of verb collocations are “pay attention”, “fast food”, “make an effort”, and “powerful engine”.

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Verb Collocations

Below is a list of verbs collocations in English with examples.

Collocations with GO

E.g. I think we should  go abroad  on holiday this year.

E.g. John will  go astray  if he becomes friends with Bad Jack.

E.g. The milk will  go bad  if it is not kept in the fridge.

E.g. Many men  go bald  at an early age.

• Go bankrupt

E.g. The company is about to  go bankrupt .

E.g. The old cat is starting to  go blind .

E.g. The old man is going to  go crazy .

E.g. Many old people  go deaf .

E.g. I would like to  go fishing  this weekend.

• Go insane ( idiom )

E.g. If you don’t stop making that noise, I’m going to  go  (completely)  insane !…

Collocations with HAVE

• A baby  (To give birth to a baby)

My grandmother had all her babies at home.

My father has a backache so he couldn’t sleep well.

I can’t remember the last time I had a bath

Can I have a bite of your hot dog?

Let’s have a break when you finish this exercise

• A business trip

My dad has a business trip so we could not visit our grandmother together

I have a busy day.

• A conversation/chat

Can we have a conversation before we make any decision?

• A cup of tea/ coffee

Would you like to have a cup of tea/coffee

Collocations with MAKE

• Make a mess

Eg: If rich kids make a mess, their servants tidy things up again.

• Make a mistake

Eg: Whenever we make mistakes, our teacher corrects them for us.

• Make a note (of)

Eg: I’d better make a note of that, or I might forget.

• Make a reservation

Eg: Shall I make a reservation for 8 o’clock at that Japanese restaurant?

• Make a takeover bid

Eg: The company   made a takeover bid for one of its rivals.

• Make an appearance

Eg: We waited forthirty minutes for the professor to make an appearance,then we went home.

• Make an effort

Eg: You can’t learn a language without making an effort…

Collocations with “GIVE”

• A call (a ring, a buzz)

E.g. Give me a call when you get back from your trip.

E.g.   He gave me a chance and I took it gladly.

E.g. I was given no choice; I had to go to the boring lecture.

E.g. She doesn’t give a damn about her job.

E.g. Can I give you a hand with those bags?

E.g. That loud music is giving me a headache.

• A hug or kiss

E.g. Come here and give me a kiss!

• A lecture or speech or performance

E.g. The president will give a long speech…

Collocations with DO

E.g. We’re doing a course at the local university.

E.g. Have you done any deals with distributors in Asia yet?

E.g. Can you do me a favour?

• A good/great/terrible job

E.g. You’ve done a good job cleaning the house!

E.g. I’m doing a report on the history of American foreign policy.

E.g. Everyone did badly on the test – the highest grade was 68…

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