See in Scrabble Dictionary

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3 letters words from 'see'

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Definitions and meaning of see

see

Pronunciation

• enPR: sē, IPA^(key): /siː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: C, cee, sea, Seay

Etymology 1

From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon (“to see, look, behold, perceive, observe, discern, understand, know”), from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     I want to see this house!

   1. To witness or observe by personal experience.

      Hyponyms: experience, suffer
   2. To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc.

2. To form a mental picture of.
   1. (figuratively) To understand.
   2. To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.

   3. (transitive) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.

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

3. (social) To meet, to visit.
   1. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
   2. To date frequently.

   3. To visit for a medical appointment.

4. (transitive; ergative) To be the setting or time of.
5. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.

6. (transitive) To wait upon; attend, escort.

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

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

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

10. To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.

11. To include as one of something's experiences.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (perceive with the eyes): behold, descry, espy, observe, view
• (understand): follow, get, understand
• (date frequently): go out; see also Thesaurus:date

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

see

1. Introducing an explanation

   Synonyms: look, well, so

Translations

See also

• look
• sight
• watch

Etymology 2

From Middle English se, see, from Old French sie (“seat, throne; town, capital; episcopal see”), 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

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

Related terms

Derived terms

• Holy See

Translations

See also

• cathedra
• cathedral
• chair
• throne

Further reading

• see on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -ese, ESE, Ese, ees, ese

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Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• sé (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪə/

Noun

see (plural seë)

1. sea

Derived terms

• seekoei
• seesout
• seevis
• seevoël
• seewater

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *se, ultimately from Proto-Uralic *śe. cognate to Finnish se, Votic se, Erzya се (se, “this, that”), Khanty си (si, “that over yonder; now, then”), and Nganasan [script needed] (sete, “he, she”).

Pronoun

see (genitive selle, partitive seda)

1. this
2. it
3. (colloquial, somewhat rude) he, she (usually only used when said person is not present)

Declension

See also

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː/, [ˈs̠e̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Syllabification: see

Etymology 1

Compare Swedish ce, English cee, both ultimately from Latin cē with the c sound changed from a /k/ to a /s/ as is a common change in languages using the Latin alphabet.

Alternative forms

• cee

Noun

see

1. cee (The name of the Latin-script letter C.)

Usage notes

• Speakers often use the corresponding forms of c-kirjain ("letter C, letter c") instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural. The plural forms may get confused with sei (“saithe”).

Declension

Synonyms

• c-kirjain

Etymology 2

< seitsemän

Numeral

see

1. (colloquial, counting) seven

See also

• seitsemän (“seven”)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Finnic *se. Compare Estonian see.

Pronoun

see

1. (dialectal, rare, Southwest) Synonym of se.

Anagrams

• ees

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Friulian

Alternative forms

• siee

Etymology

From the verb seâ. Compare Italian sega, Venetian siega, French scie.

Noun

see f (plural seis)

1. saw

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

sêe f or m

1. sea

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: zee f
  • Afrikaans: see
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: sei
  • Javindo: see
  • Negerhollands: see
  • → Saramaccan: zé
  • → Sranan Tongo: se
• Limburgish: zieë f
• West Flemish: zji m or f, zêe

Further reading

• “see”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “see (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sǣ.

Alternative forms

• se, sæ, ce, sea, sei, ze

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛː/, /seː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

see (plural sees)

2. sea, ocean
3. A body of water, a lake

Related terms

• Rede See

Descendants

• English: sea
• Scots: se, see, sey, seye, sie
• Yola: zea, zee

References

• “sē, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.

Etymology 2

From Old French sei, from Latin sedes.

Alternative forms

• se, ce, cee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

see (plural sees)

2. seat, chair
3. dwelling, residence
4. A royal or episcopal chair
5. A royal or episcopal polity or realm
6. A royal or episcopal residence
7. (Christianity) The Kingdom of Heaven.

Descendants

• English: see

References

• “sē, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.

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North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi. Cognates include Dutch zee.

Noun

see m (plural seen)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) lake

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Scots

Alternative forms

• sie, sey, sei

Etymology

From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan. Cognate with English see.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsi]
• (Coast Scots) IPA^(key): [ˈsəi̯]

Verb

see (third-person singular present sees, present participle seein, past saw, seed, past participle seen)

1. to see

References

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Tetum

Verb

see

1. to turn, to present

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seː/

Noun

see c (plural seeën, diminutive seeke)

1. sea

Derived terms

• seehûn
• seeko
• seerôver

Further reading

• “see”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org

• SEDULOUSNESS, the state of being sedulous.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)