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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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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Recent Examples of visiting The mayor said people visiting historic Bushnell Park don’t want to look down and see a message about slip and falls. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026 The Rays open a four-game series against visiting Baltimore beginning Friday, while the Athletics host Texas for three games starting Friday. — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Her work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Eater, Chicago Magazine, and more, but her greatest accomplishment is that her son's favorite activity is visiting museums. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026 The location at 1731 Radiant Drive includes four buildings offering office space, a parking garage, a flight crew training facility, and housing for visiting employees. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 Patel used to know every pregnant woman in her village, visiting them at home. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Keep reading to discover family-friendly destinations worth visiting across America. — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Blackpool is, by many measures, awful, and yet Brits cannot stop visiting. — George Francis Lee, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026 Still, his mother Rachel said her son’s favorite part of the event is visiting all the emergency vehicles. — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visiting
  1. seeing
  2. staying
  3. chatting
  4. frequenting
  5. calling
  6. talking
  7. haunting
  8. conversing
Verb
  • What to read next To have any realistic chance of seeing the northern lights during the eclipse, Earth would need to be in the grip of a severe geomagnetic storm.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • People who live in Palo Alto are probably used to seeing a driverless car quietly humming around on the street, but in middle America, many have never seen this kind of thing in practice.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of seeing
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  • And staying socially and mentally engaged by participating in hobbies, learning new skills, and maintaining relationships with family and friends are all ways to keep the body and brain active.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • While Sebastiaan Bornauw was staying wide on the right of the back three, Trafford came out to split Tarik Muharemovic and Jaka Bijol, offering them a passing option.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of staying
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  • According to Schaffer, just as surreal as directing the former president was chatting with him during the downtime of the four-hour shoot.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Walk past locals chatting beside their motorbikes and enter the pedestrian Old Town through the Sea Gate beneath its Venetian lion.
    — Jonathan Wiggin, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of chatting
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  • After completing his four-year stretch, Clayton-Thomas in 1962 began frequenting the music scene on the Yonge Street strip, when Arkansas rockabilly great Ronnie Hawkins gave him his first paying job in music.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • Arthur Van Wyk, who produces comedy events in Durban, began frequenting the bar some three decades ago.
    — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
Definition of frequenting
Verb
  • Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the Monterey County Sheriff's Office by calling 831-755-3700.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers followed 94 participants using phones that recorded Bluetooth proximity and calling patterns.
    — Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of calling
Verb
  • The boy wasn’t talking, unlike other toddlers his age who are typically using simple words and phrases.
    — Jackie Mader, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026
  • But Democratic primary voters aren’t talking to GOP strategists.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of talking
Verb
  • Their eponymous debut features some tasty licks and haunting solos and should be an immediate listen for any fans of the genre.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, a serial killer is haunting the streets of Los Angeles and targeting their classmates.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of haunting
Verb
  • But there’s something else Sirianni realized in conversing with the chatbot.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • The series will feature Questlove and three guests playing a variety of games from Uno to Jenga to original Questlove creations, all while conversing about their lives and careers.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 2 July 2026
Definition of conversing

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