Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To tour sights of interest.
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- verb To go
sightseeing , to visit places of interest in a city, town or geographical area.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb visit famous or interesting sights
Etymologies
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Examples
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Do you want to just fish, or also do other things, such as sightsee?
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She thinks it's a nice place to sightsee and shop.
Woody Allen's 'Midnight in Paris' is Love Letter to City of Light 2011
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In addition to golf outings with adidas Golf's PGA, European and Asian tour professionals, the finalists will sightsee and experience various cultures.
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But along the way, I've got a little time to sightsee and visit.
Boing Boing 2009
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A lot of folks are out to sightsee, says Melissa Withers, a spokeswoman for the city.
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She thinks it's a nice place to sightsee and shop.
Woody Allen's 'Midnight in Paris' is Love Letter to City of Light 2011
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She got to sightsee and ride her bike, and it was all paid for.
'A Sabbatical? Me?' Kelly Greene 2011
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Now canoes have their place but if you plan to hunt, fish, camp, sightsee, photography, take kids out, or just let you wife sunbathe in the front while you fish then my longboat takes the cake.
Canoe vs Jon-Boat? Which one would be better for all around use? 2009
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While Obama's using taxpayer money to sightsee around the globe, his policies leave America bankrupt, increase unemployment, do nothing to contain global warming, do nothing for energy indepence, and do nothing for health care.
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Now canoes have their place but if you plan to hunt, fish, camp, sightsee, photography, take kids out, or just let you wife sunbathe in the front while you fish then my longboat takes the cake.
Canoe vs Jon-Boat? Which one would be better for all around use? 2009
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