seeverb
uk/siː/us/siː/present participle seeing, past tense saw, past participle seensee verb (USE EYES)
A1 [ I or T ] to be conscious of what is around you by using your eyes:
A2 [ T ] to watch a film, television programme, etc.:
C1 [ T often passive ] to be the time or place when something happens:
said to mean that more surprising or exciting things are likely to happen
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- I saw him this morning.
- Have you seen Angela?
- If you see Nicky say hello from me.
- I've seen a few houses but none that I've really liked.
- I haven't seen any shoes that I've wanted to buy.
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Using the eyes
- before your very eyes idiom
- beheld
- bore
- breathe
- come to sb's attention/notice idiom
- dart
- eye
- feast
- gawk
- get a load of that! idiom
- get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
- keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
- look-see
- observational
- out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
- passer-by
- saw
- sneak
- squint
- visual
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see verb (UNDERSTAND)
B1 [ T ] to understand, know, or realize:
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- I see he's left that report on my desk.
- I see Bill's on another of his trips.
- I don't see why she's more important than anyone else.
- Why can't you see things from my point of view?
- I see what you're saying.
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Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb of sth/sb
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- penetrate
- picture
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- take sth in
- twig
- understand
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see verb (MEET)
A1 [ I or T ] to meet or visit someone, or to visit a place:
[ T ] to have a romantic relationship with someone:
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- I'm seeing Peter tonight.
- I saw her last week - we went out for dinner together.
- I've arranged to see John at the weekend.
- He's been seeing a woman that I work with.
- She told me her husband had been seeing someone.
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Meeting people
- appointment
- conclave
- cross
- cross sb's path/cross paths with sb idiom
- deal
- gathering
- hello
- hook
- hook up
- how are things (with you)? idiom
- how do you do? idiom
- it's a date idiom
- known
- make yourself known idiom
- massed
- meeting point
- muster point
- remember sb to sb
- run across sb
- tryst
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see verb (CONSIDER)
B2 [ T ] to consider or think about, especially to think about someone or something in a particular way, or to imagine someone doing a particular activity:
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- Where do you see yourself in five years' time?
- I can't see Annie on a horse somehow.
- I can't see him coming back home for any length of time.
- I don't see myself as a mother figure.
- I think he sees himself very much as a leader.
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Thinking and contemplating
- -ly
- agonize over/about sth
- chew
- chew sth over
- chew the cud idiom
- chew your cud idiom
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's see idiom
- let's see idiom
- puzzle
- rack
- reflect
- spare
- take sth into account idiom
- the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
- think sth out
- think sth over
- think sth through
- worry
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see verb (GO WITH)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] to take someone somewhere by going there with them:
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Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way
- accompany
- bring
- bring sb/sth along
- chaperone
- come along
- convoy
- direct
- docent
- drop
- guide
- lead 1
- refer sb to sth/sb
- see sb off
- shepherd
- show sb around (sth)
- show sb over sth
- stick
- usher
- usherette
- walk
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see verb (TRY TO DISCOVER)
B2 [ I + question word ] to try to discover:
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Trying and making an effort
- a blitz on sth idiom
- all-out
- assault
- attempt
- attempted
- bid
- crack
- go the extra mile idiom
- go to great lengths idiom
- God helps those who help themselves idiom
- grasp at sth
- grope
- push
- seek
- shoot
- strain every nerve idiom
- stretch a/the point idiom
- strive
- strove
- succeed
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see verb (MAKE CERTAIN)
C2 [ + (that) ] to make certain that something happens:
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Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- equal
- fuel
- instigate
- instigator
- introduce
- lie
- plant
- rise
- usher
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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seenoun
also See /siː/specialized[ C ] a place where there is a cathedral and where a bishop or archbishop has authority: