visiting

verb

Definition of visitingnext
present participle of visit
1
as in seeing
to make a social call upon the club ladies make a point of visiting everyone who moves into the neighborhood

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Relevance

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2
as in staying
to reside as a temporary guest an old friend who comes to visit for a month every summer

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3
as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation tries to visit with her best friend on the phone at least once a week

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4
as in frequenting
to go to or spend time in often visit Ireland for a few weeks every year

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5
as in calling
to make a brief visit stopped to visit with my father on the way out of town

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Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for visiting
  1. seeing
  2. staying
  3. chatting
  4. talking
  5. haunting
Verb
  • Despite seeing their four-game win streak broken, quarterback Baker Mayfield and coach Todd Bowles agree the Bucs will be ready to finish the season strong.
    Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • American Baptist missionaries in the 1800s converted Indians and Burmese to the faith, and churches in the Milwaukee area are seeing the effects of those conversions today, especially among Burmese refugees.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of seeing
Verb
  • These guys are paid handsomely, they’re given top-notch amenities and fly all over the continent on first-class charters staying at posh five-star hotels.
    Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • These guys are paid handsomely, they’re given top-notch amenities and fly all over the continent on first-class charters staying at posh five-star hotels.
    Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of staying
Verb
  • Particularly riveting moments include Ratliff’s daughter chatting with the voice clone, and the AI Ratliff seeking counsel for the real Ratliff’s private concerns in a session with an AI therapist.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • At that youth football game, Beth Dickerson was chatting with Perri Owens when one of the boys came up and started talking.
    Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of chatting
Verb
  • That’s the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland talking her usual nonsense, back in 1871.
    Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Bedard thought his recent production was a byproduct of his own ability and talking with Sorensen.
    Scott Powers, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of talking
Verb
  • Remnants of homes, skeletal vehicles, and barren fields that mark the area had become haunting testaments to war’s devastation.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The Broncos kicked a field goal on their opening possession to extend the lead to 11 points once again, but the special teams blunder — and the poor clock management that preceded it — kept haunting the Broncos.
    Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of haunting
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