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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Related terms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.3.2 See also 1.4 External links 2 Estonian 2.1 Pronoun 3 Finnish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 4 West Frisian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: sē, IPA: /siː/, SAMPA: /si:/
• (US) enPR: sē, IPA: /si/, SAMPA: /si/

• Rhymes: -iː

• Homophones: C, cee, sea
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English sēon.

[edit] Verb

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.

[edit] Synonyms

• (perceive with the eyes): behold, espy, observe, view
• (understand): follow, get, understand

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• look
• sight
• watch

[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’”).

[edit] Noun

see (plural sees)

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

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Derived terms

• Holy See

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• cathedra
• cathedral
• chair
• throne

[edit] External links

• See on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Pronoun

see

1. it, this

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Noun

see

1. The letter C, c.

[edit] Declension

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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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/, SAMPA: /se:/

[edit] Noun

see c.

1. sea