see

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
2. (transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
3. (transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
4. To form a mental picture of.
5. (figuratively) To form a mental picture of.
6. To form a mental picture of.
7. (transitive) To form a mental picture of.
8. To form a mental picture of.
9. To meet, to visit.
10. To meet, to visit.
11. To meet, to visit.
12. (ergative) To be the setting or time of.
13. (broadly) Chiefly followed by that: to ensure that something happens, especially by personally witnessing it.
14. (transitive) To wait upon; attend, escort.
15. (transitive) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
16. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
17. To reference or to study for further details.
18. To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
19. To include as one of something's experiences.

Intj

Introducing an explanation

Noun

1. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
2. The office of a bishop or archbishop.
3. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

Noun

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

Synonyms

look

look at

observe

behold

view

watch

⌚

perceive

notice

meet

visit

understand

find

🔍

encounter

witness

regard

know

consider

comprehend

call on

come across

check

attend

realize

discover

sight

read

📖

catch

deem

inspect

ascertain

pay attention to

recognize

involve

pertain

examine

espy

ensure

diocese

catch sight of

spot

take care

gaze

gaze at

meet with

concern

visualize

experience

face

learn

imagine

Translations

voir

👀

ver

👀

sehen

👀

vedere

👀

ver

👀

βλέπω

zien

👀

mirar

görmek

👀

رأى

👀

veure

👀

regarder

guardare

aanschouwen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsiː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: seen

Inherited from Old English: sēon

Cognate with Western Frisian: sjen

Cognate with Dutch: zien

Cognate with Low German: sehn

Cognate with German: sehen

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: se

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: sjå

Cognate with Latin: sīgnum

Cognate with Albanian: shih

Inherited from Middle English: se

In summary

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 West Frisian sjen (“to see”), Dutch zien (“to see”), Low German sehn, German sehen (“to see”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål se (“to see”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjå (“to see”), and more distantly with Latin sīgnum (“sign, token”), Albanian shih (“look at, see”) imperative of shoh (“to see”).

Sentences

May I see it ?

If you see something you like , take it and make it better .

The next day , the boy returned to the well , hoping to see the girl .

I think I see John and Mina over there in the vegetable aisle .

Too bad I couldn't see this guy first .

Can you see the mark of the stonemason ?