visitation
The act of visiting, or an instance of being visitedThe act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
» Sami arrived for his visitation day.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
Besuch
(countable, uncountable)An official visit to inspect or examine something.
Visite
an official visit for inspection or supervision
(countable, uncountable)An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.
Begegnung, Erscheinung
(countable, uncountable)An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God.
any disaster or catastrophe
(countable, uncountable)The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
Umgangsrecht
(countable, uncountable)A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
(countable, uncountable)An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.
Examples
4 sentencesSami arrived for his visitation day.
Sami was granted one hour of visitation with the children.
Unwed couples deserve visitation rights just as much as married ones do.
Tom got visitation rights.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 4
Origin
From Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin vīsitātiō. By surfacFrom Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin vīsitātiō. By surface analysis, visit + -ation.
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Forms
plural: visitations| Singular | visitation |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event:trialtribulation
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable