sightseeing
осмотр достопримечательностей
Tourismus, Besichtigung f von Sehenswürdigkeiten, Besichtigen n von Sehenswürdigkeiten, Sightseeing
The activity of going out looking at thingsThe activity of going out looking at things; tourism.
US/sˈaɪtsˈiɪŋ/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.
Sightseeing is a frequent reason to visit San Francisco.
Sightseeing, Tourismus, Besichtigen n von Sehenswürdigkeiten
осмо́тр достопримеча́тельностейosmótr dostoprimečátelʹnostej
More definitions
- going about to look at places of interest
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
tourism:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tourism:
Origin
From sight + seeing.From sight + seeing.
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Forms
plural: sightseeingsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- going about to look at places of interest:rubber-necking
Word family
3 related wordsRelatedsightsee
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Travel and holidays — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.