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sightseeing

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sight·see·ing  (stsng)
n.
The act or pastime of visiting sights of interest.
adj.
Used or engaged in sightseeing: a sightseeing bus; a sightseeing tour.

sightseeing
Noun
Informal visiting famous or interesting sights in a place
sightseer n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sightseeingsightseeing - going about to look at places of interest
looking, looking at, look - the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him"
Translations
Spanish sightseeing [ˈsaɪtsiːɪŋ] nexcursionismo, turismo;
to go sightseeing → visitar monumentos

French sightseeing [ˈsaɪtsiːɪŋ] sight ntourisme m;
to go sightseeing → faire du tourisme

German sightseeing [ˈsaɪtsiːɪŋ] sight nBesichtigungen pl;
to go sightseeing sight → auf Besichtigungstour gehen

Italian sightseeing [ˈsaɪtsiːɪŋ] nturismo;
to go sightseeing → visitare una località

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When the chums returned from their sightseeing excursion, they found that Professor Bumper had arrived.
One night in Paris, after a hard day's toil in sightseeing, I said:
But, before a wheel turns, listen to a brief preamble through the cardiaphone, which shall point out to you an object of interest on life's sightseeing tour.
 
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