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vi·sa
(vē′zə)n.
An official authorization appended to a passport, permitting entry into and travel within a particular country or region subject to certain conditions, such as length of time and purpose of the visit.
tr.v. vi·saed, vi·sa·ing, vi·sas
1. To endorse or ratify (a passport).
2. To give a visa to.
[French, short for Latin (carta) vīsa, (the document has been) seen, from feminine past participle of vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
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visa
(ˈviːzə)n, pl -sas
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an endorsement in a passport or similar document, signifying that the document is in order and permitting its bearer to travel into or through the country of the government issuing it
2. any sign or signature of approval
vb (tr) , -sas, -saing or -saed
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to enter a visa into (a passport)
4. to endorse or ratify
[C19: via French from Latin vīsa things seen, from vīsus, past participle of vidēre to see]
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vi•sa
(ˈvi zə)n., pl. -sas, n.
1. an official endorsement made on a passport, permitting the bearer to enter the country making the endorsement.
v.t. 2. to give a visa to; approve a visa for.
3. to put a visa on (a passport).
[1825–35; < French < Latin vīsa, feminine past participle of vīsere to look into]
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visa
Past participle: visaed
Gerund: visaing
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| Noun | 1. |  visa - an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing itpassport - a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country imprimatur, sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant - formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" |
| Verb | 1. |  visa - provide (a passport) with a visa |
| 2. |  visa - approve officially; "The list of speakers must be visaed" |
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Translations
تَأْشِيرَةفيزا، تأشيرَة دُخول
vízum
visum
vizo
viisumi
viza
vízum
vegabréfsáritun
ビザ
비자
viza
vīza
vízum
vizum
visum
thị thực
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
visa
[ˈviːzə]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
visa
vt → ein Visum ausstellen (+dat); to get a passport visaed → einen Sichtvermerk in den Pass bekommen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
visa
(ˈviːzə) noun a mark or stamp put on a passport by the authorities of a country to show that the bearer may travel to, or in, that country. I have applied for a visa for the United States.
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visa
→ تَأْشِيرَة vízum visum Visum βίζα visado viisumi visa viza visto ビザ 비자 visum visum wiza visto виза visum วีซ่า เอกสารอนุมัติที่ประทับตราบนหนังสือเดินทาง vize thị thực 签证Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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