sightsee en · VERB
Etymology
Back-formation from sightseeing.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To go sightseeing; to visit places of interest in a city, town or geographical area.
The German team liked each other, ate, drank, sightsaw, sunbathed and worked their horses together. All were firmly rooting for Ludwig. A German victory was all that mattered.
1985, Jilly Cooper, Riders:It was their first time on the Continent and they sight-saw for a week in Paris […].
2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley, published 2014, page 142:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sightseen | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sightsees | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sightseeing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sight-see | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sightsaw | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (13)
cmn 遊覽 /游览 (go sightseeing) · ru осма́тривать достопримеча́тельности (go sightseeing) · pl zwiedzać (go sightseeing) · fi katsella nähtävyyksiä (go sightseeing) · sl ogledati si (go sightseeing) · cmn 觀光 /观光 (go sightseeing) · es visitar los lugares de interés (go sightseeing) · ja 見物する (go sightseeing) · es turismo (go sightseeing) · sl ogledovati si (go sightseeing) · ml കാഴ്ച്ചകൾ കാണുക (go sightseeing) · pl zwiedzić (go sightseeing) · ko 구경하다 (go sightseeing)