American English pronunciation
How to pronounce visiting
IPA transcription: ['vɪzɪtɪŋ]
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Noun
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the activity of making visits
“the purpose was to promote homes, clubs, visiting, and other services”
Verb
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go to see a place, as for entertainment
“We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning”
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go to certain places as for sightseeing
“Did you ever visit Paris?”
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pay a brief visit
“The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens”
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impose something unpleasant
“The principal visited his rage on the students”
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come to see in an official or professional capacity
“The governor visited the prison”
“The grant administrator visited the laboratory”
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talk socially without exchanging too much information
“the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze”
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stay with as a guest
“Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month”
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assail
“He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly”
Usage examples
- She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics.
- After visiting the area he said: It is a superb area.
- He was also a visiting professor at several foreign universities, mainly American.
- His missionary work involved preaching the Gospel, evangelism, and visiting lepers and prisoners.
- Tourists visiting a landmark, taking pictures.
- He served as a visiting Professor at Berkeley, Stanford and Chicago Divinity School.
- It is an active synagogue used for prayers by groups and individuals visiting Auschwitz.
- The restaurant attracts a clientele that ranges from Harlem locals to visiting celebrities.
- Cheryl asked me about visiting the poetry slam with her tomorrow.
- I'm afraid not, he's visiting a sick relative somewhere in Germany.