vis·it

(vĭz′ĭt)

v. vis·it·ed, vis·it·ing, vis·its

v.tr.

a. To go to see or spend time with (someone); call on socially: visit friends.

b. To go to see in order to aid or console: visit the sick and dying.

c. To stay with (someone) as a guest.

d. To go to see in an official or professional capacity: visited the dentist; a priest visiting his parishioners.

a. To go to see or spend time at (a place) with a certain intent: visit a museum; visited London.

b. To access (a website).

3. To occur to or occupy the mind of: was visited by a bizarre thought.

4. To consider or discuss: Has she visited that topic on her blog?

a. To afflict or assail: A plague visited the village.

b. To inflict or impose: In the Bible, God visits his wrath on the sinful.

c. Archaic To inflict punishment on or for; avenge: The sins of the ancestors were visited on their descendants.

v.intr.

1. To make a visit.

2. Informal To converse or chat: Stay and visit with me for a while.

1. The act or an instance of visiting a person or place.

2. A stay or sojourn as a guest.

[Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitāre, frequentative of vīsere, to want to see, go to see, from vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

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visiting

(ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ)

adj

in a place for a short time in order to do something

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

visiting - the activity of making visits; "the purpose was to promote homes, clubs, visiting, and other services"

visit - the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit"

Translations

visitante

visiting

[ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ]

A. ADJ [speaker, professor] → invitado; [team] → visitante, de fuera
we're on visiting terms → nos visitamos

B. CPD visiting card N → tarjeta f de visita
visiting hours NPL → horas fpl de visita
visiting nurse N (US) → enfermera f que visita a domicilio
visiting rights NPL → derecho msing de visita
visiting time N → horas fpl de visita

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visiting

[ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ] adj [speaker] → invité(e); [team] → des visiteursvisiting card n → carte f de visitevisiting hours npl → heures fpl de visitevisiting nurse n (US) → infirmière f à domicilevisiting professor n → professeur associévisiting time n → heures fpl de visite

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visiting

n → Besuche pl

adj scholar, expert → Gast-; dignitary, monarch, royalty, queen → der/die zu Besuch ist

visiting

visiting card

n → Visitenkarte f

visiting hours

pl → Besuchszeiten pl

visiting nurse

n (US) → ˜ Bezirkskrankenschwester f

visiting professor

n → Gastprofessor(in) m(f)

visiting rights

pl → Besuchsrecht nt

visiting team

n the visiting → die Gäste pl

visiting terms

pl I’m not on visiting with him → ich kenne ihn nicht so gut, dass ich ihn besuchen gehen würde

visiting time

n → Besuchszeit f

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visiting

[ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ] adj (speaker, professor, team) → ospite

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References in classic literature

Here it is proposed to remain two days, visiting the harbors, fortifications, and battlefields of the Crimea; thence back through the Bosphorus, touching at Constantinople to take in any who may have preferred to remain there; down through the Sea of Marmora and the Dardanelles, along the coasts of ancient Troy and Lydia in Asia, to Smyrna, which will be reached in two or two and a half days from Constantinople.

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At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms and seemed very good friends.

View in context

Lady Susan, in a letter to her brother-in-law, has declared her intention of visiting us almost immediately; and as such a visit is in all probability merely an affair of convenience, it is impossible to conjecture its length.

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The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.

View in context

But sources said that XI abandoned the idea of visiting Nepal when te latter failed to make preparations.

President Xi visiting India, Nepal visit uncertain

During a state or official visit, the visiting head of state or chief of government is often invited to address a joint meeting of the US Congress.

State, official, working and private visits from Islamabad to Washington

The policies undertaken by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah both on the regional and international scales helped in promoting Kuwait's stature to the world and resulted in an increasing number of Arab and foreign officials visiting the state.

Kuwait witnessed unprecedented number of officials' visits in '18

Tourists visiting Estonia spent an estimated total of 175 million euros.

Foreign tourists spent 175 million euros in Estonia in the first quarter of the year

The delegation is visiting China under a youth exchange programme.

Youth delegation to visit historical places, cities, educational institutions

Other players visiting VA medical centers in their respective cities included Baltimore Ravens fullback Justin Green, Chicago Bears wide receiver Rashied Davis and defensive end Copeland Bryan, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Joey Galloway, defensive end Dewayne White, guard Sean Mahan and center John Wade.

NFL stars salute hospitalized veterans