Past tense of visit
regular verb
The past tense of visit is visited. The past participle is also visited.
Forms of visit
| Base form (V1) | visit /ˈvɪzɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | visited /ˈvɪzɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | visited /ˈvɪzɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | visiting /ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | visits /ˈvɪzɪts/ |
Visited in a sentence
- If this were an Ibsen play, we would be thinking of the sins of one generation being visited upon another, he said.2011 December 2, John Mullan, The Guardian
- Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- We thoroughly enjoyed our vacation in Britain. We visited England, Wales, and Scotland.From the entry England
- The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.From the entry fish
- Fatima claims to have visited all the bars within a five-mile radius of her Manhattan apartment.From the entry radius
Meaning of visit
- verb To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.).
- verb To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
- verb Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.).
Questions about the past tense of visit
- What is the past tense of visit?
- The past tense of visit is visited.
- What is the past participle of visit?
- The past participle of visit is visited.
- Is visit a regular or irregular verb?
- Visit is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: visit (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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