visitation

CEFRB2

/ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An official or social visit.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.

Examples

  • Sami was granted one hour of visitation with the children.

  • Sami arrived for his visitation day.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An official visit to inspect or examine something.

  2. The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.

  3. An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God.

More examples

In context

  • Existing visitor facilities for both frontcountry areas experience crowding during the summer season, when the park receives most of its visitation, […]

  • Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]

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Origin

noun

From Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin vīsitātiō. By surface analysis, visit + -ation.