- sightseeing
- adjective Date: 1827 devoted to or used for seeing sights • sightseeing noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Sightseeing — Bus in München mit offenem Dach … Deutsch Wikipedia
sightseeing — 1824, from sight (Cf. SIGHTS (Cf. sights)) + prp. of SEE (Cf. see). Sight seer first recorded 1834 … Etymology dictionary
sightseeing — ► NOUN ▪ the activity of visiting places of interest in a particular location. DERIVATIVES sightseer noun … English terms dictionary
sightseeing — [sītsē΄iŋ] n. the act of visiting places and things of interest, for pleasure, education, etc. adj. for or engaged in seeing sights sightseer [sīt′sē΄ər] n … English World dictionary
sightseeing — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ a little … OF SIGHTSEEING ▪ day ▪ three days of sightseeing in Beijing VERB + SIGHTSEEING ▪ do … Collocations dictionary
sightseeing — [[t]sa͟ɪtsiːɪŋ[/t]] also sight seeing N UNCOUNT If you go sightseeing or do some sightseeing, you travel around visiting the interesting places that tourists usually visit. ...a day s sight seeing in Venice. ...a sightseeing tour … English dictionary
sightseeing — 1. adjective Relating to or having the purpose of seeing points of interest They went on a sightseeing trip around the area. 2. noun The practice of going out looking at things; tourism. Sightseeing is a frequent reason to visit San Francisco.… … Wiktionary
Sightseeing — Sight|see|ing 〈[ saıtsi:ıŋ] n.; s; unz.〉 Besichtigung von Sehenswürdigkeiten [<engl. sight „Ansicht; Sehenswürdigkeit“ + seeing, Part. Präs. zu see „sehen“] * * * Sight|see|ing [ sa̮itsi:ɪŋ ], das; s, [s] [engl. sightseeing, zu: sight =… … Universal-Lexikon
sightseeing — sight|see|ing [ saıt,siıŋ ] noun uncount the activity of traveling around a place to see the interesting things in it: I m going sightseeing for the rest of the day. a sightseeing tour of the city … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sightseeing — noun (U) the act of visiting famous or interesting places, especially as tourists: go sightseeing: We bought souvenirs and then went sightseeing … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sightseeing — UK [ˈsaɪtˌsiːɪŋ] / US [ˈsaɪtˌsɪɪŋ] noun [uncountable] tourism the activity of travelling around a place to see the interesting things in it I m going sightseeing for the rest of the day. a sightseeing tour of the city … English dictionary
