see

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon (“to see, look, behold, perceive, observe, discern, understand, know”), from Proto-Germanic *sehwanan (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”). Cognate with West Frisian sjen (“to see”), Dutch zien (“to see”), German sehen (“to see”), Swedish se (“to see”), Latin sīgnum (“sign, token”).

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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.
  7. To date frequently
    I've been seeing her for two months
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Terms derived from see (verb)
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perceive with the eyes
understand

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[edit] Etymology 2

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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see (plural sees)

  1. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
  2. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
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terms related to see (noun)
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diocese

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see (genitive selle, partitive seda)

  1. it, this

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[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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Declension of see (type maa)
singular plural
nominative see seet
genitive seen seiden
seitten
partitive seetä seitä
accusative see
seen		 seet
inessive seessä seissä
elative seestä seistä
illative seehen seihin
adessive seellä seillä
ablative seeltä seiltä
allative seelle seille
essive seenä seinä
translative seeksi seiksi
instructive – sein
abessive seettä seittä
comitative – seineen

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From Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

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see f. and m. (stem sew-)

  1. sea

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Declension of see (weak)
singular plural
nominative see sewen
accusative see sewen
genitive sewen sewen
dative see, sewen sewen

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see c.

  1. sea
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