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verb saw (past tense), seen (past participle), seeing
    1. To perceive by the sense operated in the eyes.
      Thesaurus: observe, behold, view, gaze at, stare at, espy, regard, notice, witness, scrutinize, survey, contemplate.
    intr
    2. To have the power of vision.
    tr & intr
    3. To perceive mentally; to understand or realize
      Example: Don't you see what she's trying to do?
      Thesaurus: comprehend, grasp, apprehend, perceive, understand, discern, ascertain, recognize.
    4. To watch.
      Example: We're going to see a play
    5. To be aware of or know, especially by looking or reading.
      Example: I see from your letter that you're married
    tr & intr
    6. To find out; to learn.
      Example: We'll have to see what happens
    7. To predict; to expect.
      Example: We could see what was going to happen
    8. To meet up with someone; to spend time with someone.
      Example: I haven't seen her for ages
      Thesaurus: encounter, meet with, visit, receive
    9. To spend time with someone regularly, especially romantically.
      Example: He's been seeing her for quite a while now
    10. To speak to someone; to consult.
      Example: He's asking to see the manager
    11. To receive as a visitor or client.
      Example: The doctor will see you now
    12. To make sure of something.
      Example: See that you lock the door
    13. To imagine, and often also to regard as likely.
      Example: I can still see her as a little girl
      Example: I can't see him agreeing
    14. To consider.
      Example: I see her more as an acquaintance than a friend
    15. To encounter or experience.
      Example: She's seen too much pain in her life
    16. To be witness to something as a sight or event.
      Example: We're now seeing huge increases in unemployment
    17. To escort.
      Example: I'll see you home
      Thesaurus: escort, accompany, attend.
    18. To refer to (the specified page, chapter, etc) for information.
      Example: see page five
    19. cards.
      To match the bet of someone by staking the same sum.
      Example: I'll see you and raise you five
Idiom: see fit to do something
    To think it appropriate or proper to do it.
Idiom: see red
Idiom: see the light
    To discover religious feelings within oneself.
    To recognize and adopt the merits of a widely held point of view.
    humorous
    To eventually come to understand and agree with someone else.
Idiom: see things
    To have hallucinations.
Idiom: see you later
    colloq
    An expression of temporary farewell.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon seon.

Phrasal Verb: see about something
    To attend to a matter or concern.
Phrasal Verb: see into something
    To investigate it; to look into it.
Phrasal Verb: see something in someone
    To find an attractive feature in them.
      Example: I don't know what he sees in her
Phrasal Verb: see someone off
    To accompany them to their place of departure.
      Example: saw her off at the airport
    To get rid of them by force.
      Example: saw the burgler off
      Example: saw the cat off
Phrasal Verb: see someone out
    To escort them out of the room, etc.To outlive them.
Phrasal Verb: see something out
    To stay until the end of it.
Phrasal Verb: see over something
    To inspect it; to look over it.
Phrasal Verb: see through something
    To discern what is implied by an idea or scheme, etc.To detect or determine the truth underlying a lie.
      Example: I saw through your plan straight away
Phrasal Verb: see something through
    To participate in it to the end.
Phrasal Verb: see to something
    To attend to it; to take care of it
      Example: Will you see to it?


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