stop by: I'll stop by to see Leigh before going home.
look up: She looked up some friends of bygone years.
vis|ita|tion /v I z I te I ʃ ə n/ (visitations )
1 N‑COUNT A visitation is an event in which God or another non-human being seems to appear to someone or contact them. □ [+ from ] The young people have claimed almost daily visitations from the Virgin Mary.
2 N‑COUNT People sometimes refer humorously to a visit from someone, especially from someone in authority, as a visitation . □ [+ from ] They had another visitation from Essex police.
3 N‑UNCOUNT Visitation is the act of officially visiting someone. [FORMAL ] □ House-to-house visitation has been carried on, under the regulations of the General Board of Health. □ I had visitation rights.
vi s|it|ing fi re|man (visiting firemen ) N‑COUNT A visiting fireman is an important visitor, who gets special treatment. [AM ]
visi|tor ◆◇◇ /v I z I tə r / (visitors ) N‑COUNT A visitor is someone who is visiting a person or place. □ [+ from ] The other day we had some visitors from Switzerland. □ [+ to ] As a student I lived in Oxford, but was a frequent visitor to Belfast.
vi|sor /va I zə r / (visors )
1 N‑COUNT A visor is a movable part of a helmet which can be pulled down to protect a person's eyes or face. □ He pulled on a battered old crash helmet with a scratched visor.
2 N‑COUNT [usu n N ] A visor is a piece of plastic or other material fixed above the windscreen inside a car, which can be turned down to protect the driver's eyes from bright sunshine.
vis|ta /v I stə/ (vistas )
1 N‑COUNT A vista is a view from a particular place, especially a beautiful view from a high place. [WRITTEN ] □ [+ of ] From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops.
2 N‑COUNT A vista is a vision of a situation or of a range of possibilities. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope.
vis|ual /v I ʒuəl/ (visuals )
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Visual means relating to sight, or to things that you can see. □ …the graphic visual depiction of violence. □ …music, film, dance, and the visual arts. ● visu|al|ly ADV [usu ADV adj] □ The colours we see visually affect us.
2 N‑COUNT A visual is something such as a picture, diagram, or piece of film that is used to show or explain something. □ Remember you want your visuals to reinforce your message, not detract from what you are saying.
vi s|ual ai d (visual aids ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Visual aids are things that you can look at, such as a film, model, map, or slides, to help you understand something or to remember information.
visu|al|ize /v I ʒuəla I z/ (visualizes , visualizing , visualized ) in BRIT, also use visualise VERB If you visualize something, you imagine what it is like by forming a mental picture of it. □ [V n] Susan visualized her wedding day and saw herself walking down the aisle on her father's arm. □ [V n prep] He could not visualize her as old. □ [V n v-ing] She visualized him stomping to his car, the picture of self-righteousness. □ [V wh] It was hard to visualize how it could have been done. ● visu|ali|za|tion /v I ʒuəla I ze I ʃ ə n/ (visualizations ) N‑VAR □ [+ of ] …a perfect visualization of reality.
vi|tal ◆◇◇ /va I t ə l/
1 ADJ If you say that something is vital , you mean that it is necessary or very important. □ The port is vital to supply relief to millions of drought victims. □ Nick Wileman is a school caretaker so it is vital that he gets on well with young people. □ After her release, she was able to give vital information about her kidnapper. ● vi|tal|ly ADV [usu ADV adj, oft ADV with v] □ Lesley's career in the church is vitally important to her.
2 ADJ If you describe someone or something as vital , you mean that they are very energetic and full of life. □ They are both very vital people and a good match.
vi|tal|ity /va I tæ l I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT If you say that someone or something has vitality , you mean that they have great energy and liveliness. □ Without continued learning, graduates will lose their intellectual vitality.
vi |tal si gns N‑PLURAL The vital signs of a seriously ill person are the things such as their blood pressure and temperature which show that they are alive.
vi |tal sta|ti s|tics
1 N‑PLURAL [usu with poss] The vital statistics of a population are statistics such as the number of births, deaths, or marriages which take place in it.
2 N‑PLURAL [usu with poss] Someone's vital statistics , especially a woman's, are the measurements of their body at certain points, for example at their chest, waist, and hips.
vita|min ◆◇◇ /v I təm I n, [AM ] va I t-/ (vitamins ) N‑COUNT [oft N n] Vitamins are substances that you need in order to remain healthy, which are found in food or can be eaten in the form of pills. □ Butter, margarine, and oily fish are all good sources of vitamin D.
vi|ti|ate /v I ʃie I t/ (vitiates , vitiating , vitiated ) VERB If something is vitiated , its effectiveness is spoiled or weakened. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed] The Commission's handling of its finances is vitiated by error and fraud. □ [V n] But this does not vitiate his scholarship.
vit|re|ous /v I triəs/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Vitreous means made of glass or resembling glass. [TECHNICAL ]
vit|ri|ol /v I trioʊl/ N‑UNCOUNT If you refer to what someone says or writes as vitriol , you disapprove of it because it is full of bitterness and hate, and so causes a lot of distress and pain. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ The vitriol he hurled at members of the press knew no bounds.