Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or practice of paying visits or making calls. Also used adjectively.
- noun Prompting; influence.
- That visits; often, of persons, authorized to visit and inspect: as, a visiting committee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & vb. n. from
visit . - (Zoöl.) See Driver ant, under
Driver . - a book in which a record of visits received, made, and to be made, is kept.
- See under
Card .
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- verb Present participle of
visit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the activity of making visits
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Examples
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You wouldn't know about sleeping sittin 'up in a hospital room for two months holding her hand because the doctors could see in your eyes that the term visiting hours don't apply to you.
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Macpherson rose as if he would go to the telephone, but instead (and he acted so quietly that I did not notice what he was doing until the thing was done), he picked up the sheet which he called his visiting list, and walking quite without haste, held it in the glowing coals of the fireplace until it disappeared in a flash of flame up the chimney.
The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont Robert Barr 1881
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He said that with an all inclusive, all you are likely going to see of the area you are visiting is our hotel.
All Inclusives 2009
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His purpose in visiting the land of liberty was to raise funds for that revolution.
THEFT 2010
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He said that with an all inclusive, all you are likely going to see of the area you are visiting is our hotel.
All Inclusives 2009
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One of the places you might be interested in visiting/staying is Playa Chacala, which is a bit north of the area you mentioned.
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I have company visiting from the midwest and they can't believe that we let Leonard and Adams stay in office.
"We're with Sam" bandwagon emptying out (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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I agree with the President in visiting the democracies.
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I had a friend visiting from the UK who remarked, "for such a small percentage of your population Jewish people make up a large part of your power structure in the U.S."
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I agree with the President in visiting the democracies.
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