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VISA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("visa" is a kind of...):

countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; indorsement; sanction; warrant (formal and explicit approval)

Holonyms ("visa" is a part of...):

passport (a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country)

Derivation:

visa (provide (a passport) with a visa)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Approve officially

Example:

The list of speakers must be visaed

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "visa" is one way to...):

approve; O.K.; okay; sanction (give sanction to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide (a passport) with a visa

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "visa" is one way to...):

endorse; indorse (sign as evidence of legal transfer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

visa (an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it)

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This same portion of your chart might additionally find you focused on one of the following areas: academia, a legal matter, immigration or green card, visa or passport, or concentrating on writing, editing, or being the subject of a media story.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Travel is very likely, and if you have a pending matter that concerns immigration, a green card, visa, or passport, it is likely to come to a joyous conclusion within four days of March 9.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This house will also bring you luck regarding immigration, a visa, passport, or green card, with legal and academic matters, or the media where you may be the subject or creator of a piece for publication or a broadcast.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

We have a new moon (not an eclipse) in Aquarius at four degrees on January 24 filling your ninth house, ruling international travel, global relationships, and citizenship and immigration matters (green card, visa, and passport).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)