see

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See also See, sée, se, Se, and sé

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English [edit]

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon (“to see, look, behold, perceive, observe, discern, understand, know”), from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”). Cognate with West Frisian sjen (“to see”), Dutch zien (“to see”), Low German sehn, German sehen (“to see”), Danish and Swedish se (“to see”), and more distantly with Latin sīgnum (“sign, token”), Albanian shih (“look at, see”) imp. of shoh (“to see”).

Verb [edit]

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

  1. To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
  2. To form a mental picture of.
  3. (figuratively) To understand.
    Do you see what I mean?
  4. To witness or observe by personal experience.
    Now I've seen it all!
    Michael saw Will off at the train station.
    I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from [the] library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have sent me.
  5. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
    I'll see you hang for this!
    I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
  6. (gambling) 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
  8. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
    The oracle saw the destruction of the city.
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Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from see (verb)
Translations [edit]
perceive with the eyes
understand

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Etymology 2 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

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
Related terms [edit]
terms related to see (noun)
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
diocese

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Estonian [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

see (genitive selle, partitive seda)

  1. this
  2. it

Declension [edit]

This Estonian pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Finnish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

see

  1. The name of the Latin script letter C/c.

Declension [edit]

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

Middle Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

see f and m (stem sew-)

  1. sea

Declension [edit]

Declension of see (weak)
Singular Plural
nominative see sewen
accusative see sewen
genitive sewen sewen
dative see, sewen sewen

Descendants [edit]

Tetum [edit]

Verb [edit]

see

  1. to turn, to present

West Frisian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Frisian sē, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Compare English sea, Dutch zee, Low German and German See, Danish sø.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

see c

  1. sea
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