visitorvis‧it‧or /ˈvɪzɪtə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable] 
Times Square attracts more than 30 million visitors annually.visitor to Rina is a frequent visitor to the city.visitor from visitors from overseas► see thesaurus at tourist → health visitor
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Colette offered her visitor a glass of wine.
- Doug, I think you have a visitor.
- I've been asked to show some important visitors round the department.
- We have nowhere for visitors to sleep at the moment as the spare room is being decorated.
- But visitors to the hills outside town are greeted by unpaved roads and signs warning trespassers to keep out.
- It was the visitors who pressed for the meeting.
- Its size indicated that no extra visitors were expected.
- Some places have even seen the publicity over new fees attracting extra visitors.
- Stages and canal boats had been crowded with visitors descending on the twin communities.
- The more expensive we make the United States, the fewer international visitors we will attract.
- These were painted with white numbers and made simple bathing rings for the visitors.
THESAURUS
someone who is visiting a place for pleasure on holiday: · The hotel is very popular with tourists.· a major tourist destination
British English, traveler American English someone who travels somewhere: · a weary traveller returning home after a long journey· The building’s luxurious interior will appeal to business travellers.· The strike will affect air travellers.· Paul Theroux, the American traveller, once went from London to India by train.
someone who comes to visit a particular country, area, museum etc: · Times Square attracts more than 30 million visitors annually.
British English, vacationer American English someone who is on holiday somewhere: · The beach was packed with holiday-makers.· 75 percent of Alamo's rentals are to vacationers.
a tourist who is visiting a famous or interesting place: · Crowds of sightseers come to London every year.
someone who is travelling for pleasure, staying in cheap accommodation and carrying a backpack: · a cheap hotel which is used mainly by backpackers
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who visits someone else · We have nowhere for visitors to sleep at the moment as the spare room is being decorated.· Colette offered her visitor a glass of wine.· I've been asked to show some important visitors round the department.
someone who you have invited to visit you at your home: · You're not supposed to do the dishes -- you're a guest.· Among the guests was the television presenter Jo Everton.· She felt she had to stay in and entertain her guests.have a guest: · We had a couple of guests for the weekend.
especially British someone who you do not know who visits you at home for a short time: · I don't seem to have many callers these days.· When answering the door, always check the identity of callers.
if you have company , visitors etc someone is visiting you in your home: · I didn't realise you had company, I'll call back tomorrow.· There's a surprise waiting for you at home - we have unexpected guests.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The castle is closed to visitors in winter. She was a frequent visitor to the house. She isn’t well enough to receive visitors yet. He’s one of the bar’s regular customers.
· The park will be a new visitor attraction for the town.
· The forest has a visitor centre with information and refreshment facilities.
The castle is closed to visitors in winter. She was a frequent visitor to the house. She isn’t well enough to receive visitors yet. He’s one of the bar’s regular customers.· He applied for a tourist visa.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· A quarter of our unemployment bill would be paid for by foreign visitors!· The Treasury Department announced Thursday it has implemented new requirements intended to restrict firearm purchases by foreign visitors.· The island is beginning to see an increase in foreign visitors, but as yet very little development has taken place.· We all knew we had foreign visitors among us.· Many foreign visitors, intrigued by her story, used to visit Maria Clementina.· The result is evident in the back streets and courtyards, which Atalla judiciously avoids with a foreign visitor.· But 2 have now been confiscated from foreign visitors after fights in Oxford in the past eleven days.· According to state statistics, Massachusetts had nearly 27 million domestic visitors in 1994, against 1 million foreign visitors.
· Florence was a frequent visitor ... and had many of her ideas adopted in Parliament through the devotion of her brother-in-law.· Those of them who live in Calcutta are frequent visitors to Motherhouse, especially on festivals and feast days.· Malachi was a more frequent visitor.· And the child, Fritha, or Frith, was a frequent visitor.· Dolly was a frequent visitor to the house and there would be long conferences.· We have been frequent visitors at Government House and have been staying also at their cottage, New Norfolk.· Landladies were among the more frequent visitors to Bloomsbury House as the records indicate: Often, lodging and employment went together.· After the election, I became a frequent visitor to Downing Street.
· The question of using overseas visitors for advocacy had arisen and was discussed.· Many graduate students and overseas visitors have worked on aspects of the ecology of this field.· All subsequent communications about overseas visitors itineraries to be conducted with Coordinators only.
· He was a regular visitor, escorting the girls to the theatre and parties.· One of the bungalows, which once boasted Walter Annenberg as a regular visitor, even comes with its own lap pool.· He was such a regular visitor that he was given his own pit boots and locker.· Within a few weeks they were regular visitors.· One regular visitor to la strega, and later to Signora Grignaffini, was Amelia.· Once I brought them home to our flat, they soon lost their bounce and the doctor became a regular visitor.· Of that, perhaps 5,000 people are regular visitors, Harris said.· He was a regular visitor at Dotty Harmer's, glorying in the variety of animals to be found there.
NOUN· The opening of Lydney Lakeside, plus the excellent visitors centre at Norchard, had brought in many extra passengers and revenue.· Turn right at the next track junction to return to the visitor centre.· A fine example is the new visitor centre at St Andrews Castle.· The civic visitors were given an extensive tour of the showroom, factory, visitor centre and museum.· A new visitor centre with interpretation facilities will be open from 1st June, 1992.· Try the shortest route from St Abb's visitor centre, or split the full walk into two separate excursions.· A visitor centre provides a fascinating insight into this traditional farming method.· Seven miles away at Aviemore there is a visitor centre and entertainment complex with a full range of sports facilities.
· The services included midwives, health visitors, district nurses and various clinics.· It is written in a reassuring way that should positively assist nurses, midwives and health visitors and allay understandable anxieties.· The implications of these reforms for all nurses, midwives and health visitors are enormous.· Ealing social services informed Hackney social workers and the health visitor that the family would be temporarily in the borough.· We are told that there are 28,000 qualified district nurses and health visitors.· The role of health visitors with older people remains unresolved.· This is what the health visitor keeps saying to me.· So talk to your doctor, midwife or health visitor, or your family planning clinic, about contraception.
· The turnstones are winter visitors to Britain.· As many as 70% of winter visitors may have taken the discount.· The three native species are all winter visitors in the central and southern parts of the region.· The arrival and departure of winter visitors overlaps passage, but peak winter counts are usually made in December or January.· The local breeding stock appears to disperse in July and August and winter visitors may start to arrive in September.· Peak numbers occur between December and February, and most winter visitors have departed by late March.· The arrival of winter visitors clearly overlaps a marked autumn passage.
VERB· Open steel mesh on the walkway decking allows visitors to see through to the supporting trusses and forest floor below.· Secured by cables, the platform will allow visitors to hover 50 feet above a swampy abyss filled with leeches and snakes.· Audio visual and special effects will allow visitors to realistically experience life at sea.· Center manager Ivey Delgado said the improvements will allow visitors to participate in a variety of activities without disturbing one another.· Perspex screens will allow visitors to see into the worst-hit rooms.· Within the hall, simulators allow visitors to experience the excitement of a bobsled run or ski jump.· You were allowed up to three visitors at a time and had to sit opposite them at individual tables.· A museum allows visitors to watch an ongoing excavation by paleontologists.
· Open only two months, the centre has already attracted more than 20,000 visitors.· The result is an on-line meeting place that attracts visitors from all over the world.· The city hopes to attract around 3.5 million visitors annually, but last year's figures were little short of disastrous.· That accomplishment, begun innocently enough, now likewise attracts hundreds of visitors a year.· The Shaw Festival attracts visitors to the colonial charm of Niagara-on-the-Lake.· Today there is much within Belfast to attract visitors and citizens alike.· In 1991 the event attracted over 18,000 visitors.· Some places have even seen the publicity over new fees attracting extra visitors.
· The idea is that the various farm based tourist attractions get together to help bring in the visitors.· They feel fixing the area will bring in more visitors, which in turn will inspire new businesses to open.· I have brought visitors with me.· The first day of September brought visitors.· But medicines are not available through the prison and have to be brought in by visitors.· Our stay in Shingu brought unusual visitors to see the raft.· Luke seems to be bringing a visitor.· And the 1992 celebration, featuring a parade down Main Street, brought visitors from throughout the United States.
· This celebrated instrument draws visitors from around the world.· They estimate it would draw 100 visitors on weekdays, with 250 on weekends.· At Paris, which drew 1.1 million visitors, Renault gave away no fewer than 120 tonnes of brochures.· Lourdes is one of the most popular pilgrimage sites for Catholics in the world, drawing over four million visitors a year.· A light spacious reception and shop area with friendly staff draws visitors right inside the building.· The state has long relied on its scenic beauty to draw visitors and attract business.· The trend is ever upwards, as East Berlin draws more and more visitors.· The park, located between Philadelphia and New York City, draws visitors from throughout the region.
· He would expect his visitor to come back through the door to the kitchen.· I was told to expect visitors.· As Brassard was leaving, he warned the security man at the front entrance that Celia was expecting a visitor.· Worst of all, less than half the number of expected visitors turned up.· He peered sideways at the nearest street light as if he was expecting another visitor.· The city expects 2 million visitors and offers, within its 55-mile radius, only 55, 000 hotel rooms.· Shieldaig did not expect visitors and there was no welcome for strangers.· It was as if I had been expecting visitors.
· I recalled how Masko had gone through into the baggage hall at Heathrow to greet the Sochi visitors.· A sophomore at Goucher College, she greets a visitor gravely, then gives a tiny, charming hop of excitement.· It's now the centrepiece of a country park which greets 100,000 visitors a year.· I think it is our duty to greet such a distinguished visitor.· Nesta greeted the visitors with hugs and kisses.· M University campus, will begin greeting visitors later this year.
· Whereas traditional politicians offer visitors green tea, the Reform of Heisei serves black coffee.· The Downtown Partnership even has begun offering visitors free escorts from parking lots to entertainment events.· The town has been carefully designed to offer its visitors every amenity.· Area jazz clubs and coffeehouses offer live music while visitors can catch a movie at one of two main theater complexes.· For your convenience, a local bed booking service is also offered to visitors.· Tram tours, which offer visitors a 25-minute orientation tour of the entire garden property, cost $ 1 per person.· Yet the local authority in Novosibirsk had wanted to prevent this being offered to visitors to our exhibition.· It offers visitor information, travel updates, a calendar of events and more.
· He could receive visitors and was allowed out of jail from time to time, even occasionally to preach in London.· Since the shop opened in 1989, it has received over 200,000 visitors from all over Britain and overseas.· He was delighted to receive visitors but charged Mike £50 for the opportunity to photograph him.· On the third day of his illness, Harry received his first visitor: Alan Dysart.· One snowy morning footprints and tyre marks were imprinted in the snow even though Ted had received no visitor at the box.· She did, however, often visit friends and members of her family, as well as receive visitors at Weston.· Six spacious executive homes by Berkeley at Brightwell near Wallingford have also been well received by early visitors to the site.· She was not even allowed to receive female visitors.
· Fourteen Business Briefs include topics such as writing a business letter, welcoming visitors etc.· Today, with grace restored, it welcomes visitors with aplomb.· We welcome disabled visitors to whom we offer excellent purpose-built accommodation with parking adjacent to all rooms.· There will also be live tunes, a raffle, plenty of grub, and several homes and studio sites welcoming visitors.· There is a haunting beauty about Caernarfon today, and it welcomes many thousands of visitors from many countries each year.· Can we welcome a visitor at any time without worry?· Teign Machine Knitters welcome visitors to the area who are missing their knitting to join them for an evening.· The white-garbed nuns fluttered around us excitedly, pleased to welcome visitors to their famous house.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Catherine's lively grandma Zeta, 84, right, surprised guests too.
WORD FAMILYnounvisitvisitorvisitationverbvisitrevisit
someone who comes to visit a place or a person: Times Square attracts more than 30 million visitors annually.visitor to Rina is a frequent visitor to the city.visitor from visitors from overseas► see thesaurus at tourist → health visitor