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sightseeing

sight·see·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sahyt-see-ing]
    • /ˈsaɪtˌsi ɪŋ/
    • /ˈsaɪtˌsiː.ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sahyt-see-ing]
    • /ˈsaɪtˌsi ɪŋ/

Definitions of sightseeing word

  • noun sightseeing the act of visiting and seeing places and objects of interest. 1
  • adjective sightseeing seeing, showing, or used for visiting sights: a sightseeing bus. 1
  • verb without object sightseeing to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee. 1
  • verb with object sightseeing to go about seeing the major sights of: We had only two days to sightsee Rome. 1
  • noun sightseeing tourism, seeing sights 1
  • noun sightseeing relating to seeing sights 1

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Origin of sightseeing

First appearance:

before 1840
One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50; sight + seeing

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sightseeing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sightseeing popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sightseeing usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sightseeing

noun sightseeing

  • globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
  • cruising — Present participle of cruise.
  • driving — noting or pertaining to a part of a machine or vehicle used for its propulsion.
  • wandering — moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists.
  • wanderings — Plural form of wandering.

verb sightseeing

  • adventure — If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
  • jaunt — a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
  • junket — a sweet, custardlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet.

Top questions with sightseeing

  • where is best to stay in rome for sightseeing?
  • where to stay in washington dc for sightseeing?

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