visit family

Meaning

To go and spend time with your relatives, such as parents, siblings, or cousins, who live in a different home or city. This expression is used for both short social calls and longer stays, especially during holidays.

Examples

• We usually go back to our hometown to visit family during Christmas.

  We usually go back to our hometown to visit family during Christmas.

• I need to take a few days off work next week to visit family.

  I need to take a few days off work next week to visit family.

• Are you planning to visit family or just relax at home this weekend?

  Are you planning to visit family or just relax at home this weekend?

• It is always wonderful to visit family and catch up on their lives.

  It is always wonderful to visit family and catch up on their lives.

• She travels to Chicago twice a year to visit family.

  She travels to Chicago twice a year to visit family.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I am going to visit my families this weekend.

  ✓ I am going to visit family this weekend.

  The word 'family' is a collective noun and is typically used in the singular form when referring to one's relatives as a group.

• ✗ I will visit to my family next month.

  ✓ I will visit my family next month.

  The verb 'visit' is transitive and does not require the preposition 'to' before the person or place being visited.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Every summer, we travel to Italy to ___.

  💡 Spend time with relatives who live far away.

  Show answer

  visit family

• I don't have plans for the holiday, except to ___ for a few days.

  💡 Go see your relatives.

  Show answer

  visit family