Visiting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Visiting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of visit.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of visit.
More Meanings
- The act of someone or something that visits.
Example Sentences
Come, you spirits […] make thick my blood, / Stop up th' access and passage to remorse / That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose[…]
On the other hand, the self-cleaning smokebox belongs to the latter-day period of the L.M.S.R., when the visiting U.S.A. 2-8-0s of the war had awakened an interest in such things.
Instead, he found the Sabbath in North Carolina "generally disregarded, or distinguished by the convivial visitings of the white inhabitants, and the noisy diversions of the negroes."
I marvel at none of the wild beliefs in the Hartz mountains: fire is the element of the spiritual, and who can tell what strange visitings there may be during the midnight hours that the charcoal-burner sits watching the fitful and subtle mystery of flame?
Word Forms
- visitings
Synonyms for visiting
Depending on context, synonyms include impermanent, temporary, guest.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include guest, impermanent, temporary, visitor, attending, tourism.
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