the activity of making visits
"the purpose was to promote homes, clubs, visiting, and other services"
The act of someone or something that visits.
"The visiting professor spent the afternoon reviewing our lab results before heading back to her university."
In plain English: A visit is the act of going to see someone for a short time.
"The visiting was brief but friendly, so we all left with happy memories."
Usage: Use this noun to refer specifically to an individual guest rather than the general activity, which is better expressed as "a visit." It often appears in phrases like "the visiting professor," where it denotes a person temporarily present at another location.
present participle of visit
"She is visiting her grandmother this weekend to help her move some furniture around."
In plain English: To visit means to go see someone for a short time.
"We are visiting my grandmother this weekend."
Derived from Old French visitier, which comes from Latin visitare meaning "to see" or "to inspect," the term originally referred to the act of going to see someone. Over time, it evolved in English to denote a social call made for pleasure or duty rather than official inspection.