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see

verb
/ˈsiː/UK/ˈsi/CA

Etymology

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”). 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, sehn (“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”), and more distantly with Albanian shof, shoh (“to see”), Latin secūtus, sequūtus (“followed”), Ancient Greek ἕπομαι (hépomai, “to follow, obey”), Persian ا (a), از (az), ز (ze, “from, of”), Luwian 𒁕𒀀𒌋𒄿𒅖 (“eye”), Sanskrit सच् (sac, “to be associated with, familiar with, have to do with”).

  1. derived from *sekʷ-✻ — “to see, notice”
  2. inherited from *sehwaną✻ — “to see”
  3. inherited from *sehwan✻
  4. inherited from sēon
  5. inherited from seen

Definitions

  1. To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.

    • But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
    • To see us, you'd think we've been married for years, but actually just met a few months ago.

  2. To form a mental picture of.

    • The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).

  3. To meet, to visit.

    • You'd better see about that with the boss.
    • And Samuel came no more to ſee Saul vntill the day of his death: neuertheleſſe, Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king ouer Iſrael.
  4. ›+ 17 more definitions

    1. To be the setting or time of.

      • The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration.
      • 1999 saw the release of many great films.
      • It seems as if every passing year sees the mainstream embrace a longtime cult-favorite alternative rock band.

    2. Chiefly followed by that

      Chiefly followed by that: to ensure that something happens, especially by personally witnessing it.

      • I'll see you hang for this
      • I was at the docks seeing that the goods got properly unloaded.
      • I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.

    3. To wait upon

      To wait upon; attend, escort.

      • I saw the old lady safely across the road.
      • You can see yourself out.
      • And in this Name we overcome, for You shall see us safely home.

    4. To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.

      • I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.

    5. To determine by trial or experiment

      To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).

      • I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
      • You think I can't beat you in a race, eh? We'll see.
      • Look to see if these jeans still fit you.

    6. To reference or to study for further details.

      • Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual).
      • For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.

    7. To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.

      • Can I see that lighter for a second? Mine just quit working.

    8. To include as one of something's experiences.

      • The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects.
      • I saw military service in Vietnam.

    9. Introducing an explanation

      • See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.

    10. A diocese or archdiocese

      A diocese or archdiocese: a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.

    11. The office of a bishop or archbishop.

    12. A seat

      A seat; a site; a place where sovereign, autonomous, or autocephalous power is exercised.

      • Ioue laught on Venus from his ſouerayne ſee

    13. Alternative form of cee

      Alternative form of cee; the name of the Latin script letter C/c.

      • see, ar, eye, ee, ess, cries
      • They were still shocked if you said “eff you see kay” out loud, though it didn’t stop any of them from doing it.
      • eff you see kay why oh you.

    14. Alternative letter-case form of see.

    15. A surname.

    16. Initialism of single-event effect (a temporary or permanent fault caused by an ionizing…

      Initialism of single-event effect (a temporary or permanent fault caused by an ionizing radiation particle or ray striking a computer chip).

    17. Initialism of Signed Exact English.

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Derived

aftersee, all-seeing eye, as far as the eye can see, as far as the eye could see, as I see it, believing is seeing, besee, be seeing ya, be seeing you, children should be seen and not heard, fancy seeing you here, farsee, for all the world to see, foresee, forsee, can see to can't see, go-see, half-seen, happy to see someone, have seen better days, have seen one's day, have seen one's last gum tree, have seen this film, have seen this movie, how see, I'd like to see someone try, if I ever saw one, if I've ever seen one, if you see something, say something, if you see what I mean, I know it when I see it, I like to see you try, I'll believe it when I see it, I'll be seeing you, I'll see myself out, ill-seen, I'll see you and raise you, insee, I see, I see it in someone's eyes · +175 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for see. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA