SEE

see

(noun) the seat within a bishop’s diocese where his cathedral is located

understand, realize, realise, see

(verb) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; “Now I see!”; “I just can’t see your point”; “Does she realize how important this decision is?”; “I don’t understand the idea”

learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see

(verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; “I learned that she has two grown-up children”; “I see that you have been promoted”

interpret, construe, see

(verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to; “What message do you see in this letter?”; “How do you interpret his behavior?”

see, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure

(verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; “He verified that the valves were closed”; “See that the curtains are closed”; “control the quality of the product”

see, consider, reckon, view, regard

(verb) deem to be; “She views this quite differently from me”; “I consider her to be shallow”; “I don’t see the situation quite as negatively as you do”

see

(verb) deliberate or decide; “See whether you can come tomorrow”; “let’s see--which movie should we see tonight?”

determine, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn

(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; “I want to see whether she speaks French”; “See whether it works”; “find out if he speaks Russian”; “Check whether the train leaves on time”

see

(verb) match or meet; “I saw the bet of one of my fellow players”

see

(verb) receive as a specified guest; “the doctor will see you now”; “The minister doesn’t see anybody before noon”

visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image

(verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind; “I can’t see him on horseback!”; “I can see what will happen”; “I can see a risk in this strategy”

meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see

(verb) come together; “I’ll probably see you at the meeting”; “How nice to see you again!”

see, escort

(verb) accompany or escort; “I’ll see you to the door”

experience, see, go through

(verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience; “We had many trials to go through”; “he saw action in Viet Nam”

witness, find, see

(verb) perceive or be contemporaneous with; “We found Republicans winning the offices”; “You’ll see a lot of cheating in this school”; “The 1960’s saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions”; “I want to see results”

see

(verb) perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; “You have to be a good observer to see all the details”; “Can you see the bird in that tree?”; “He is blind--he cannot see”

see

(verb) see and understand, have a good eye; “The artist must first learn to see”

examine, see

(verb) observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; “The customs agent examined the baggage”; “I must see your passport before you can enter the country”

watch, view, see, catch, take in

(verb) see or watch; “view a show on television”; “This program will be seen all over the world”; “view an exhibition”; “Catch a show on Broadway”; “see a movie”

visit, see

(verb) go to see a place, as for entertainment; “We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

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

(stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.

To witness or observe by personal experience.

Hyponyms: experience, suffer

To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc.

To form a mental picture of.

(figuratively) To understand.

To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.

(transitive) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.

(used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.

(social) To meet, to visit.

To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.

To date frequently.

To visit for a medical appointment.

(transitive) To be the setting or time of.

(by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.

(transitive) To wait upon; attend, escort.

(gambling, transitive) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.

To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).

(used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.

To include as one of something's experiences.

Synonyms

• (perceive with the eyes): behold, descry, espy, observe, view

• (understand): follow, get, understand

• (date frequently): go out; see also date

Interjection

see

Directing the audience to pay attention to the following

Synonyms: behold, look, Thesaurus:lo

Introducing an explanation

Synonyms: look, well, so

Etymology 2

Noun

see (plural sees)

a diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.

The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

Anagrams

• -ese, ESE, ees, ese

Source: Wiktionary

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See, n. Etym: [OE. se, see, OF. se, sed, sied, fr. L. sedes a seat, or the kindred sedere to sit. See Sit, and cf. Siege.]

1. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. [Obs.] Chaucer. Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see. Spenser.

2. Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome. Apostolic see. See under Apostolic.

See, v. t. [imp. Saw; p. p. Seen; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeing.] Etym: [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. seón; akin to OFries. sia, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sja, Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. saíhwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. sac. Cf. Sight, Sun to follow.]

1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. Ex. iii. 3.

2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device Shak.

3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. Addison.

4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. 1 Sam. xv. 35.

5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. Locke.

6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. God you (him, or me, etc.) see, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] Chaucer.

– To see (anything) out, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end.

– To see stars, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] -- To see (one) through, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking.

See, v. i.

1. To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly. Whereas I was blind, now I see. John ix. 25.

2. Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into. For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. John ix. 39. Many sagacious persons will find us out, . . . and see through all our fine pretensions. Tillotson.

3. To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house. See that ye fall not out by the way. Gen. xiv. 24.

Note: Let me see, Let us see, are used to express consideration, or to introduce the particular consideration of a subject, or some scheme or calculation. Cassio's a proper man, let me see now, -To get his place. Shak.

Note: See is sometimes used in the imperative for look, or behold. "See. see! upon the banks of Boyne he stands." Halifax. To see about a thing, to pay attention to it; to consider it.

– To see on, to look at. [Obs.] "She was full more blissful on to see." Chaucer.

– To see to. (a) To look at; to behold; to view. [Obs.] "An altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to" Josh. xxii. 10. (b) To take care about; to look after; as, to see to a fire.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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