sightseeing
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of sightseeing
Explanation
Sightseeing is what you do when you travel somewhere and spend time visiting museums, sites, or neighborhoods. You might dream of sightseeing in Paris someday. Sightseeing is an activity that's almost always done in an unfamiliar place, and usually during a vacation. Going sightseeing in the city where you live isn't impossible, though—you could spend a day taking tours, visiting historic sites, and looking at your city the way a tourist would. Sightseeing has been in use since the 19th century, from the idea of "seeing the sights."
Example Sentences
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Sightseeing operator Hato Bus also said it was restarting Chinese-language tours in September but with smaller vehicles.
From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2023
Sightseeing en route, we took four days to reach North Iceland from the east, crossing mountains where snow was falling on roads color-coded blue for ice.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2022
Sightseeing crowds are thinner, allowing you to spend some time enjoying Europe’s treasures up close.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2019
Sightseeing There The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art might be best known for its collection of antiquities, Baroque art and Old Master paintings, many collected in the 1920s by Circus impresario John Ringling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2018
One of the most interesting chapters of this book is that which is entitled 'The Philosophy of Sightseeing.'
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Braybrooke, Patrick
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