visiting

adjective

vis·​it·​ing ˈvi-zə-tiŋ How to pronounce visiting (audio)
ˈviz-tiŋ
1
: invited to join or attend an institution (such as a university) for a limited time
a visiting professor
a visiting fellow
2
: playing on an opponent's grounds
the visiting team

Examples of visiting in a Sentence

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Violence broke out at both matches between the visiting and home fans, and thousands of Salvadorans left Honduras after their victory in the second match, avoiding persecution. Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024 But there are no headstones, no eulogies and no regular visiting hours. CBS News, 13 Apr. 2020 But Tomball Memorial made enough free throws to hold off the visiting team. Al Montano, Houston Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2020 But an organization upping its home-field advantage through technology unavailable to the visiting team is another matter entirely. Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2020 See All Example Sentences for visiting

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of visiting was in 1949

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“Visiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visiting. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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