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From Old English sēon.

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Infinitive
to see

Third person singular
sees

Simple past
saw

Past participle
seen

Present participle
seeing

to see (third-person singular simple present sees, present participle seeing, simple past saw, past participle seen)

  1. To perceive with the eyes.
  2. To perceive or detect as if by sight.
  3. To form a mental picture of.
  4. To understand.
    Do you see what I mean?
  5. To witness or observe by personal experience
    You do see life here, don't you.
    Yes, now I've seen it all!
  6. In card games such as poker, to respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
    I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.

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From Latin sedes (seat), referring to the bishop's throne or chair (confer seat of power) in the cathedral; related to the Latin verb sedere (to sit).

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Singular
see

Plural
sees

see (plural sees)

  1. A diocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop.
  2. The office of a bishop.

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[edit] Estonian

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see

  1. it, this

[edit] Finnish

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  • IPA: [ˈseː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Hyphenation: see

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see

  1. The letter C, c.

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see c.

  1. sea
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