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sightsee

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: S AY1 T S IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To go sightseeing; to visit places of interest in a city, town or geographical area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

visit famous or interesting sights

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel to, visit

History

Etymology

Back-formation from sightseeing.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 觀光 /观光 (guānguāng) — go sightseeing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遊覽 /游览 (yóulǎn) — go sightseeing
  • Finnish: katsella nähtävyyksiä — go sightseeing
  • Japanese: 見物する (kenbutsu suru) — go sightseeing
  • Korean: 구경하다 (gugyeonghada) — go sightseeing
  • Malayalam: കാഴ്ച്ചകൾ കാണുക (kāḻccakaḷ kāṇuka) — go sightseeing
  • Polish: zwiedzać — go sightseeing
  • Polish: zwiedzić — go sightseeing
  • Russian: осма́тривать достопримеча́тельности (osmátrivatʹ dostoprimečátelʹnosti) — go sightseeing
  • Slovene: ogledovati si — go sightseeing
  • Slovene: ogledati si — go sightseeing
  • Spanish: visitar los lugares de interés — go sightseeing
  • Spanish: turismo — go sightseeing