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verb
(past saw; past part. seen; pres. part. seeing)
1.
Perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight.  "Can you see the bird in that tree?" , "He is blind--he cannot see"
2.
Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.  Synonyms: realise, realize, understand.  "I just can't see your point" , "Does she realize how important this decision is?" , "I don't understand the idea"
3.
Perceive or be contemporaneous with.  Synonyms: find, witness.  "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school" , "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions" , "I want to see results"
4.
Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.  Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, visualise, visualize.  "I can see what will happen" , "I can see a risk in this strategy"
5.
Deem to be.  Synonyms: consider, reckon, regard, view.  "I consider her to be shallow" , "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
6.
Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.  Synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up.  "I see that you have been promoted"
7.
See or watch.  Synonyms: catch, take in, view, watch.  "This program will be seen all over the world" , "View an exhibition" , "Catch a show on Broadway" , "See a movie"
8.
Come together.  Synonyms: come across, encounter, meet, run across, run into.  "How nice to see you again!"
9.
Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort.  Synonyms: ascertain, check, determine, find out, learn, watch.  "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.  Synonyms: ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see to it.  "See that the curtains are closed" , "Control the quality of the product"
11.
Go to see for professional or business reasons.  "We had to see a psychiatrist"
12.
Go to see for a social visit.
13.
Go to see a place, as for entertainment.  Synonym: visit.
14.
Take charge of or deal with.  Synonyms: attend, look, take care.  "I must attend to this matter" , "She took care of this business"
15.
Receive as a specified guest.  "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon"
16.
Date regularly; have a steady relationship with.  Synonyms: date, go out, go steady.  "He is dating his former wife again!"
17.
See and understand, have a good eye.
18.
Deliberate or decide.  "Let's see--which movie should we see tonight?"
19.
Observe as if with an eye.
20.
Observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect.  Synonym: examine.  "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"
21.
Go or live through.  Synonyms: experience, go through.  "He saw action in Viet Nam"
22.
Accompany or escort.  Synonym: escort.
23.
Match or meet.
24.
Make sense of; assign a meaning to.  Synonyms: construe, interpret.  "How do you interpret his behavior?"
noun
1.
The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located.



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"See" Quotes from Famous Books



... anxiety to get possession of the stock was not to him an evidence of public confidence, and an argument, therefore, in favor of such an institution, but "a mere scramble for so much public plunder." He could only see that "stock-jobbing drowns every other subject. The coffee-house is in an eternal buzz with the gamblers." "It pretty clearly appears also," he said, "in what proportions the public debt lies in the country, what sort of ...
— James Madison • Sydney Howard Gay
... my boy. You've done a fine thing; but you haven't solved a problem that has no solution... You are upset by it now, but after a while you'll see it and the disappointment will go. But you haven't failed... I don't believe you will ever understand all you ...
— Youth Challenges • Clarence B Kelland
... could dress you thus for your own wedding," said the farmer's wife, who seemed to be overflowing with kindness today. "I should like to see you mistress of a respectable farm, and you would not be a bad bargain for any man; but nowadays such things don't happen, for money runs after money. Well, do you be contented—so long as I live you shall ...
— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. VIII • Various
... was an elevated pinnacle of rocks on the rising ground upon which we were encamped; and from the top of these I was able in the course of the day to get bearings and angles to many important objects; I could also see many fixed points in my survey, so that the day could not be considered as altogether a ...
— Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2) • George Grey
... Proserpine, Where that Aeaean isle forgets the main, And only the low lutes of love complain, And only shadows of wan lovers pine— As such an one were glad to know the brine Salt on his lips, and the large air again— So gladly from the songs of modern speech Men turn, and see the stars, and feel the free Shrill wind beyond the close of heavy flowers, And through the music of the languid hours They hear like Ocean on a western beach The surge ...
— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy


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