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see

UK/ˈsiː/ US/ˈsi/ very common

verb

1.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

  • “You have to be a good observer to see all the details”
  • “Can you see the bird in that tree?”
  • “He is blind--he cannot see”
2.

perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

  • “Now I see!”
  • “I just can”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “t understand the idea”
3.

perceive or be contemporaneous with

  • “We found Republicans winning the offices”
  • “You”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
Synonyms
4.

imagine; conceive of; see in one''s mind

  • “I can”
  • “;”
  • “;”
5.

deem to be

  • “She views this quite differently from me”
  • “I consider her to be shallow”
  • “I don”
6.

get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

  • “I learned that she has two grown-up children”
  • “I see that you have been promoted”
7.

see or watch

  • “view a show on television”
  • “This program will be seen all over the world”
  • “view an exhibition”
  • “Catch a show on Broadway”
  • “see a movie”
8.

find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

  • “I want to see whether she speaks French”
  • “See whether it works”
  • “find out if he speaks Russian”
  • “Check whether the train leaves on time”
10.

be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

  • “He verified that the valves were closed”
  • “See that the curtains are closed”
  • “control the quality of the product”
11.

go to see for professional or business reasons

  • “You should see a lawyer”
  • “We had to see a psychiatrist”
12.

go to see for a social visit

  • “I went to see my friend Mary the other day”
13.

visit a place, as for entertainment

  • “We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning”
Synonyms
14.

take charge of or deal with

  • “Could you see about lunch?”
  • “I must attend to this matter”
  • “She took care of this business”
15.

receive as a specified guest

  • “the doctor will see you now”
  • “The minister doesn”
16.

date regularly; have a steady relationship with

  • “Did you know that she is seeing an older man?”
  • “He is dating his former wife again!”
17.

see and understand, have a good eye

  • “The artist must first learn to see”
18.

deliberate or decide

  • “See whether you can come tomorrow”
  • “let”
19.

observe as if with an eye

  • “The camera saw the burglary and recorded it”
20.

observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

  • “The customs agent examined the baggage”
  • “I must see your passport before you can enter the country”
Synonyms
21.

go or live through

  • “We had many trials to go through”
  • “he saw action in Viet Nam”
22.

accompany or escort

  • “I”
Synonyms
23.

match or meet

  • “I saw the bet of one of my fellow players”
24.

make sense of; assign a meaning to

  • “What message do you see in this letter?”
  • “How do you interpret his behavior?”

adverb

1.

compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)

noun

1.

the seat within a bishop''s diocese where his cathedral is located

Origin

From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon (“to see, look, behold, perceive, observe, discern, understand, know”), from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”). Etymology 1 sense 9 is a calque of Latin vidē (“see (thou)”, 2ⁿᵈ person singular imperative), which was also borrowed into academic English (see vide) as well as Portuguese. Cognates Cognate with Scots see, sei (“to see”), Yola sau, ze, zee, zey, zie (“to see”), North Frisian se, si, siin, siine, siinj, sä, säie (“to see”), Saterland Frisian sjo (“to see”), West Frisian sjen (“to see”), Bavarian segn (“to see”), Central Franconian sehn, senn (“to see”), Dutch zien (“to see”), Low German sehn (“to see; to look”), German sehen (“to see”), Limburgish séëne, zeen (“to see”), Luxembourgish gesinn (“to see”), Alemannic German gseh (“to see”), Mòcheno sechen (“to see”), Vilamovian zaon (“to see”), Yiddish זען (zen, “to see”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish se (“to see”), Elfdalian sją̊ (“to see”), Faroese síggja (“to see”), Icelandic sjá (“to see”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjå (“to see”), sia (“to foretell”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (saiƕan, “to see”),...

Phrases

  • all-seeing eye
  • as far as the eye can see
  • as far as the eye could see
  • as I see it
  • be seeing ya
  • be seeing you
  • believing is seeing
  • children should be seen and not heard
  • Holy See

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