{
    "term": "visitor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who visits a person or place",
            "sensetop": "visitor to somethingvisitor from something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We've got visitors coming this weekend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you get many visitors?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The theme park **attracts** 2.5 million **visitors** a year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a **frequent visitor **to the US.",
                    "contextForm": "visitor to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have been **regular visitors** to the island for 20 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The festival draws visitors from all over the world.",
                    "contextForm": "visitor from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **visitor centre/attraction**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "First-time visitors to Spain are often surprised by how late people eat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I could see he was expecting visitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pick up a free map of the town from the visitor centre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The college only admits visitors in organized groups."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The festival brings 5 000 visitors to the town every year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The front room was used mainly for entertaining visitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lack of facilities in the town may deter the casual visitor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The latest crime figures are likely to put off prospective visitors to the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The museum gives visitors a glimpse of the composer's life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The town has much to interest the visitor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Visitors are invited to browse around the farm site."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Visitors flocked to see the show."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Visitors from Ireland will find much that reminds them of home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He introduced his companion, a visitor from the US."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is still in hospital and is not well enough to receive visitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a frequent visitor to the house in Wimpole Street."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm expecting visitors this evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The castle is the main attraction for visitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The family rarely had visitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hotel is popular with business visitors and tourists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mild climate allows visitors to enjoy golf all year round."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The palace is open to visitors from April to September."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a drop in visitor numbers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was nowhere in the house for them to entertain visitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They publish a guide to Europe for overseas visitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Visitors flock to the town every summer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When I arrived home there was an unexpected visitor waiting for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can watch a film about the history of the site in the visitor centre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You've got a visitor!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Holidays"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["frequent", "regular", "occasional"],
                "verb + visitor": ["get", "have", "receive"],
                "visitor + verb": ["come", "flock", "turn up"],
                "visitor + noun": ["bureau", "centre/​center", "attraction"],
                "phrases": [
                    "encourage visitors to do something",
                    "invite visitors to do something",
                    "give visitors something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["visitor from", "visitor to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who looks at a website on the internet",
            "sensetop": "visitor (to something)",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How can we attract more visitors to our website?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvɪzɪtə(r)/",
                "audio": "vi/visitor/visitor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvɪzɪtər/",
                "audio": "vi/visitor/visitor__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French visitour, from Old French visiter or Latin visitare ‘go to see’, frequentative of visare ‘to view’, from videre ‘to see’."
}