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seeing is believing

proverb

Definitions

  1. One needs to see something in order to believe it

    One needs to see something in order to believe it; visible facts cannot be denied.

    • They said their product will be ready for shipment in two months and we could even "take that to the bank", but we’ve heard that before. Seeing is believing.
    • There is nothing like Matter of Fact; Seeing is Believing.
    • Seeing is believing, says the proverb. Though, of all our senses, the eyes are the most easily deceived, we believe them in preference to any other evidence.

  2. One is skeptical regarding a claim.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for seeing is believing. 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