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sights

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?ts
  • Homophones: cites, sites

Noun

sights

  1. plural of sight
  2. Things worth seeing in a particular place.
  3. A device through which one looks in order to aim a rifle or similar weapon.

Derived terms

  • set one's sights on

Verb

sights

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sight

Related terms

  • in one's sights

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sightsee

English

Alternative forms

  • sight-see

Etymology

Back-formation from sightseeing.

Verb

sightsee (third-person singular simple present sightsees, present participle sightseeing, simple past sightsaw, past participle sightseen)

  1. (intransitive) To go sightseeing; to visit places of interest in a city, town or geographical area.
    • 1985, Jilly Cooper, Riders:
      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.
    • 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley 2014, p. 142:
      It was their first time on the Continent and they sight-saw for a week in Paris […].

Usage notes

  • Many speakers prefer forms of "go sightseeing".

Translations

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  • what sightseeing is open in london
  • what sightseeing is in new york
  • what sightseeing means
  • what's sightseeing in french
  • sightseers meaning
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