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sight·see·ing

 (sīt′sē′ĭng)
n.
The act or pastime of visiting sights of interest.
adj.
Used or engaged in sightseeing: a sightseeing bus; a sightseeing tour.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

sightseeing

(ˈsaɪtˌsiːɪŋ)
n
a. the activity of visiting the famous or interesting sights of a place
b. (as modifier): sightseeing trip.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sight•see•ing

(ˈsaɪtˌsi ɪŋ)

n.
1. the act of visiting and seeing places and things of interest.
adj.
2. seeing, showing, or used for visiting sights: a sightseeing bus.
[1825–35]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

sightseeing

Sightseeing is the activity of travelling around a city or region to see the interesting places that tourists usually visit.

...a two-week tour, allowing some time in all the major cities for sightseeing.

Sightseeing is an uncount noun. You do not talk about 'sightseeings' or 'a sightseeing'. However, you can talk about a sightseeing trip.

I took a sightseeing trip on one of those tourist buses.

You can also say that someone goes sightseeing or does some sightseeing.

Vita and Violet went sightseeing.
I decided to do some sightseeing.
Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sightseeing - going about to look at places of interestsightseeing - going about to look at places of interest
rubber-necking
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"
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Translations
prohlídka města
sightseeing
nähtävyyksiin tutustuminen
razgledavanje
観光
관광
ogled znamenitosti
sightseeing
การเยี่ยมชม
chuyến tham quan

sightseeing

[ˈsaɪtˌsiːɪŋ] N → turismo m
to go sightseeing; do some sightseeing → hacer turismo
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

sightseeing

[ˈsaɪtsiːɪŋ]
n → tourisme m
to go sightseeing → faire du tourisme
modif [trip, tour] → touristique
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sightseeing

[ˈsaɪtˌsiːɪŋ] n → turismo
to go sightseeing, to do some sightseeing (gen) → fare un giro turistico (in town) → visitare la città
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sightseeing

→ زِيَارَةُ الـمَعَالِمِ السِّيَاحِيَّة prohlídka města sightseeing Besichtigungen περιήγηση στα αξιοθέατα visita a lugares de interés nähtävyyksiin tutustuminen tourisme razgledavanje visita turistica 観光 관광 sightseeing sightseeing zwiedzanie passeio turístico осмотр достопримечательностей sightseeing การเยี่ยมชม gezip görme chuyến tham quan 观光
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