seeing

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːɪŋ

Etymology 1

see +‎ -ing

Verb

seeing

1. Present participle of see.

Derived terms

• all-seeing
• seeing to
• seeing-eye dog

Adjective

seeing (not comparable)

1. Having vision; not blind.

Synonyms

• sighted

Translations

having vision; not blind

• Finnish: näkevä (fi)
• Latin: videns (la)

• Latvian: redzošs (lv)

Noun

seeing (uncountable)

1. The action of the verb to see; eyesight.
2. (astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.

Translations

the action of the verb to see; eyesight

• Finnish: näkeminen (fi)

the movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere

• Finnish: näkeminen (fi)

Etymology 2

Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".

Conjunction

seeing

1. (slang) Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.

   Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.

Translations

inasmuch as; in view of the fact

• Finnish: koska, sikäli kuin

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: thinking · beginning · unless · #629: seeing · won't · plain · rich

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