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Definition of 'see'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Verb

  • To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
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  • # To witness or observe by personal experience.
  • #* (Bible), (w) viii. 51
  • Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
  • To form a mental picture of.
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  • |volume=189|issue=11|page=28|magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) |title= Wings of Desire |passage=It is not just that we see birds as little versions of ourselves. It is also that, at the same time, they stand outside any moral process. They are utterly indifferent. This absolute oblivion on their part, this lack of sharing, is powerful.}}
  • # (label) To understand.
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  • # To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
  • (label) To meet, to visit.
  • # To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
  • #* (Bible), 1 (w) xv. 35
  • And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death.
  • # To date frequently.
  • (label) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
  • (label) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
  • To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
  • To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if'' or ''whether ).
  • (used in the imperative ) Used to emphasise a proposition.
  • Synonyms
    * (perceive with the eyes) behold, descry, espy, observe, view * (understand) follow, get, understand
    Derived terms
    * aftersee * besee * foresee * forsee * insee * missee * outsee (rel-mid3) * oversee * see a man about a dog * see for * see things * see someone right * see stars (rel-mid3) * see the light of day * see through * see-through * see with one's own eyes * undersee * unsee (rel-bottom)

    See also

    * look * sight * watch

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
  • The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
  • A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
  • * Spenser
  • Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see .
    Derived terms
    * Holy See

    See also

    * cathedra * cathedral * chair * throne

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    Similar to 'see'

    she, shoe, sie, sue, scye, soe, skie, saye, shye, sowe, sawe, saie, shee, skee, swoe, seye, shie, sjoe