Collocation
visit a city
to go to a city for a short time, usually for travel, sightseeing, or business
Definition
'visit a city' is a common English collocation. to go to a city for a short time, usually for travel, sightseeing, or business
visit + a/the + city
“We plan to visit a city in Spain this summer.”
Examples
- I want to visit a city near the coast during my vacation.
- We will visit the city for just one day before heading to the mountains.
- She visited a city in Italy and fell in love with the food.
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- They are visiting the city this weekend to see a concert.
- If you visit a city in winter, pack warm clothes and comfortable boots.
- I have never visited the city at night, so I do not know what it is like.
- Before you visit the city, check whether the museums are open on Mondays.
- He visits the city regularly for meetings with clients.
- We had visited the city once before, but we still got lost in the old town.
More verb + determiner + nouns
- make a decision to choose what to do after thinking about different options
- make a mistake to do something wrong or incorrectly
- join a meeting to enter and take part in a scheduled meeting, especially an online one
- make an excuse to invent or give a reason (often not true) to avoid doing something or to explain a mistake
- make a mess to create a dirty, untidy, or disorganized situation; to spill, scatter, or cause disorder