Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The aet of seeing sights; a going about for the purpose of seeing interesting things.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Engaged in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties or curiosities.
- n. The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.
WordNet 3.0
- n. going about to look at places of interest
Examples
“The islands, roughly 29 miles off of Cornwall, are great for sight-seeing pretty coves and inlets.”
The Huffington Post: WATCH: William & Kate's Honeymoon Destination?
“Are they repaying us for the girls 'sight-seeing tours?????”
“They both can earn enough money as Attorneys to afford their Daughters for sight-seeing.”
“Having only one week in the country, and wanting to allocate the time between sight-seeing and volunteering, La Asociación Nuestros Ahijados was the perfect fit due to the flexible nature of the program you can volunteer for two days, or sign-up for two years, and because they don't charge a fee to participate in the projects, unlike most other volunteer programs.”
The Huffington Post: Maria Russo: Hope Rises at a Malnourished Infant Center in Guatemala
“Having only one week in the country, and wanting to allocate the time between sight-seeing and volunteering, La Asociación Nuestros Ahijados was the perfect fit due to the flexible nature of the program you can volunteer for two days, or sign-up for two years, and because they don't charge a fee to participate in the projects, unlike most other volunteer programs.”
The Huffington Post: Maria Russo: Hope Rises at a Malnourished Infant Center in Guatemala
“If you believe that taxpayer funded sight-seeing trip was really about "climate change," I've got some ocean front property in Arizona to sell you.”
Brian Baird led junket to South Pole on taxpayers' dime (Jack Bog's Blog)
“Many analysts, economists and market participants were concerned that the group was becoming a talk-shop, and that ministers might be doing more figurative sight-seeing in Paris than deal making.”
The Wall Street Journal: China Agrees to International Scrutiny of Yuan Policy
“Any shopping, eating or sight-seeing suggestions there?”
“What most people call traveling is really, merely sight-seeing.”
“I've never had the time and money to even go sight-seeing abroad, let alone do any exploring, wandering, or abiding.”
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