see

Laasweek het ons see toe gegaan.

Die trekvoëls vlieg oor die berge, oor die see, Lapland toe.
The migratory birds are flying over the mountains, over the sea, to Sápmi.

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


see

Now I've seen it all!

I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have sent me.

Uerely, verely I ſay vnto you, If a man keepe my ſaying, hee ſhall neuer ſee death.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 8:51, column 1:

[…] And remember this, 'scape-gallows,' said Ralph, menacing him with his hand, 'that if we meet again, and you so much as notice me by one begging gesture, you shall see the inside of a jail once more […]

1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, “Mr. Ralph Nickleby cuts an old Acquaintance. It would also appear from the contents hereof, that a joke, even between Husband and Wife, may be sometimes carried too far.”, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 434:

(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.

To witness or observe by personal experience.

To witness or observe by personal experience.

I saw the latest Tarantino flick last week.

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

Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path.[…]It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.

1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 18:

But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.

1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:

I want to see this house!
Audio (US): (file)

2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

Do you see what I mean?

Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic[…]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become.[…]But the scandals kept coming[…]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.

2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:

To form a mental picture of.
(figuratively) To understand.

To form a mental picture of.
To understand.

They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.

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

The oracle saw the destruction of the city.

I can't see me lovin' nobody but you / For all my life / When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue / For all my life

1967, Alan Gordon, Garry Bonner (lyrics and music), “Happy Together”, performed by The Turtles:

(transitive) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.

To form a mental picture of.
To foresee, predict, or prophesy.

You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real father.

You're not welcome here any more, see?

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

To form a mental picture of.
Used to emphasise a proposition.

It is not just that we see birds as little versions of ourselves. It is also that, at the same time, they stand outside any moral process. They are utterly indifferent. This absolute oblivion on their part, this lack of sharing, is powerful.

2013 August 23, Mark Cocker, “Wings of Desire”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 11, page 28:

The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).

2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg, Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG., →ISBN, page 173:

to go to see a friend

And Samuel came no more to ſee Saul vntill the day of his death: neuertheleſſe, Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king ouer Iſrael.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 15:35, column 2:

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

I've been seeing her for two months.

"You're... remarrying? I didn't even know you were seeing someone. And she's going to live here?"

2022 September 9, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Sep 9, 2022:

(social) To meet, to visit.
To date frequently.

You should see a doctor about that rash on your arm.

I've been seeing a therapist for three years now.

(social) To meet, to visit.
To visit for a medical appointment.

The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration.

1999 saw the release of many great films.

It seems as if every passing year sees the mainstream embrace a longtime cult-favorite alternative rock band.

1995 June 3, David Sprague, “Buffalo Tom Reaches Crossroads: EastWest Trio At Make-Or-Break Point”, in Billboard, volume 107, number 22, page 9:

(ergative) To be the setting or time of.

I'll see you hang for this

I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.

As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: […]

1765, William Blackstone, “Of Corporations”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book I (Of the Rights of Persons), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 469:

'Don't worry. You won't lose out. I'll see you get your share of the action. If not now, later.'

2001, Joan Lock, Death in Perspective, London: Robert Hale, →ISBN, page 52:

We have forgotten that such a transition will require compromise, as we address real energy needs today, and investment, as we adapt to cleaner ways of producing energy tomorrow. A well-managed transition will see that the opportunities flowing from the transformation dramatically exceed these costs.

2022 October 27, Brian Porter, “The last barrel of oil should be a Canadian one”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-17:

(by extension) Chiefly followed by that: to ensure that something happens, especially by personally witnessing it.

I saw the old lady safely across the road.

You can see yourself out.

And in this Name we overcome, for You shall see us safely home.

2020, Rich Thompson, Jonny Robinson (lyrics and music), “Your Will Be Done”:

(transitive) To wait upon; attend, escort.

I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.

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

I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.

You think I can't beat you in a race, eh? We'll see.

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

Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual).

For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.

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

To reference or to study for further details.

Can I see that lighter for a second? Mine just quit working.

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

The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects.

I saw military service in Vietnam.

To include as one of something's experiences.

en-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)

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

is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me

send it up the flagpole and see who salutes

that which has been seen cannot be unseen

there are none so blind as those who will not see

there's none so blind as those who will not see

throw things at the wall and see what sticks

registrar

to include as one of something's experiences

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”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian sjen (“to see”), Dutch zien (“to see”), Low German sehn, German sehen (“to see”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål se (“to see”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjå (“to see”), and more distantly with Latin sīgnum (“sign, token”), Albanian shih (“look at, see”) imperative of shoh (“to see”).

der

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”)


see

See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.


see

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

Ioue laught on Venus from his ſouerayne ſee

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 478:

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

valtaistuin

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”).


see

see, ar, eye, ee, ess, cries

1881 April, J. B. Rundell, “The Irregularities of English Spelling: what they Cost and what they are Worth”, in The Spelling Reformer, and Journal of the English Spelling Reform Association, volume I, number 10, London, page 147:

They were still shocked if you said “eff you see kay” out loud, though it didn’t stop any of them from doing it.

1984, Eva Holmquist, No Certain Time, Libra Publishers, →ISBN, page 17:

eff you see kay why oh you.

1996, Sycamore Review, volume 8, page 116:

I hear you. But hear me out, all right? Because I mean what I’m about to say. Eff-you-see-kay-why-oh-you. Fuck you.

2009, Eric Barnes, Shimmer, Denver, Colo.: Unbridled Books, →ISBN, page 91:

Her mother said, “Maybe you can have ‘Muck Donnas’, or we could have fish and chips.” Krissy shook her head, “Nah. We no have fwishenchit. We have Kay Eff See nuggers?”

2020, Paul Richardson, Taylah’s Got Talent, →ISBN:

Same old answer: the eff-you-see-kay-you-pee.

2023, Callum McSorley, chapter 15, in Squeaky Clean, Pushkin Press, →ISBN:

Alternative form of cee; the name of the Latin-script letter C/c.


see

(colloquial, somewhat rude) he, she (usually only used when said person is not present)

selle (genitive)
seda (partitive)
see (nominative singular)
need (nominative plural)
selle (genitive singular)
nende (genitive plural)
seda (partitive singular)
neid (partitive plural)
sellesse (illative singular)
sesse (illative singular)
nendesse (illative plural)
neisse (illative plural)
selles (inessive singular)
ses (inessive singular)
nendes (inessive plural)
neis (inessive plural)
sellest (elative singular)
sest (elative singular)
nendest (elative plural)
neist (elative plural)
sellele (allative singular)
nendele (allative plural)
neile (allative plural)
sellel (adessive singular)
sel (adessive singular)
nendel (adessive plural)
neil (adessive plural)
sellelt (ablative singular)
selt (ablative singular)
nendelt (ablative plural)
neilt (ablative plural)
selleks (singular translative)
seks (singular translative)
nendeks (plural translative)
neiks (plural translative)
selleni (singular terminative)
nendeni (plural terminative)
sellena (essive singular)
nendena (essive plural)
selleta (abessive singular)
nendeta (abessive plural)
sellega (comitative singular)
nendega (comitative plural)

et-decl-table

see (irregular)

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


see

Luemme kirjaimet näin: aa bee see dee ee äf gee hoo ii jii koo äl äm än oo pee kuu är äs tee uu vee kaksois-vee äks yy tset ruotsalainen oo ää öö

1990, Eila Hämäläinen, Aletaan I: Suomen kielen oppikirja vasta-alkajille (Let's begin I: Finnish textbook for the beginners), Helsinki: Helsingin Yliopisto (University of Helsinki), →ISBN, page 23:

We read the letters as follows: aa bee see …

cee (The name of the Latin-script letter C/c)

see (nominative singular)
seet (nominative plural)
see (accusative nominative singular)
seet (accusative nominative plural)
seen (accusative genitive singular)
seet (accusative genitive plural)
seen (genitive singular)
seiden (genitive plural)
seitten (genitive plural)
seetä (partitive singular)
seitä (partitive plural)
seessä (inessive singular)
seissä (inessive plural)
seestä (elative singular)
seistä (elative plural)
seehen (illative singular)
seihin (illative plural)
seellä (adessive singular)
seillä (adessive plural)
seeltä (ablative singular)
seiltä (ablative plural)
seelle (allative singular)
seille (allative plural)
seenä (essive singular)
seinä (essive plural)
seeksi (singular translative)
seiksi (plural translative)
seettä (abessive singular)
seittä (abessive plural)
sein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
seeni (nominative singular)
seeni (nominative plural)
seeni (accusative nominative singular)
seeni (accusative nominative plural)
seeni (accusative genitive singular)
seeni (accusative genitive plural)
seeni (genitive singular)
seideni (genitive plural)
seitteni (genitive plural)
seetäni (partitive singular)
seitäni (partitive plural)
seessäni (inessive singular)
seissäni (inessive plural)
seestäni (elative singular)
seistäni (elative plural)
seeheni (illative singular)
seihini (illative plural)
seelläni (adessive singular)
seilläni (adessive plural)
seeltäni (ablative singular)
seiltäni (ablative plural)
seelleni (allative singular)
seilleni (allative plural)
seenäni (essive singular)
seinäni (essive plural)
seekseni (singular translative)
seikseni (plural translative)
seettäni (abessive singular)
seittäni (abessive plural)
seineni (comitative plural)
seesi (nominative singular)
seesi (nominative plural)
seesi (accusative nominative singular)
seesi (accusative nominative plural)
seesi (accusative genitive singular)
seesi (accusative genitive plural)
seesi (genitive singular)
seidesi (genitive plural)
seittesi (genitive plural)
seetäsi (partitive singular)
seitäsi (partitive plural)
seessäsi (inessive singular)
seissäsi (inessive plural)
seestäsi (elative singular)
seistäsi (elative plural)
seehesi (illative singular)
seihisi (illative plural)
seelläsi (adessive singular)
seilläsi (adessive plural)
seeltäsi (ablative singular)
seiltäsi (ablative plural)
seellesi (allative singular)
seillesi (allative plural)
seenäsi (essive singular)
seinäsi (essive plural)
seeksesi (singular translative)
seiksesi (plural translative)
seettäsi (abessive singular)
seittäsi (abessive plural)
seinesi (comitative plural)
seemme (nominative singular)
seemme (nominative plural)
seemme (accusative nominative singular)
seemme (accusative nominative plural)
seemme (accusative genitive singular)
seemme (accusative genitive plural)
seemme (genitive singular)
seidemme (genitive plural)
seittemme (genitive plural)
seetämme (partitive singular)
seitämme (partitive plural)
seessämme (inessive singular)
seissämme (inessive plural)
seestämme (elative singular)
seistämme (elative plural)
seehemme (illative singular)
seihimme (illative plural)
seellämme (adessive singular)
seillämme (adessive plural)
seeltämme (ablative singular)
seiltämme (ablative plural)
seellemme (allative singular)
seillemme (allative plural)
seenämme (essive singular)
seinämme (essive plural)
seeksemme (singular translative)
seiksemme (plural translative)
seettämme (abessive singular)
seittämme (abessive plural)
seinemme (comitative plural)
seenne (nominative singular)
seenne (nominative plural)
seenne (accusative nominative singular)
seenne (accusative nominative plural)
seenne (accusative genitive singular)
seenne (accusative genitive plural)
seenne (genitive singular)
seidenne (genitive plural)
seittenne (genitive plural)
seetänne (partitive singular)
seitänne (partitive plural)
seessänne (inessive singular)
seissänne (inessive plural)
seestänne (elative singular)
seistänne (elative plural)
seehenne (illative singular)
seihinne (illative plural)
seellänne (adessive singular)
seillänne (adessive plural)
seeltänne (ablative singular)
seiltänne (ablative plural)
seellenne (allative singular)
seillenne (allative plural)
seenänne (essive singular)
seinänne (essive plural)
seeksenne (singular translative)
seiksenne (plural translative)
seettänne (abessive singular)
seittänne (abessive plural)
seinenne (comitative plural)
seensä (nominative singular)
seensä (nominative plural)
seensä (accusative nominative singular)
seensä (accusative nominative plural)
seensä (accusative genitive singular)
seensä (accusative genitive plural)
seensä (genitive singular)
seidensä (genitive plural)
seittensä (genitive plural)
seetään (partitive singular)
seetänsä (partitive singular)
seitään (partitive plural)
seitänsä (partitive plural)
seessään (inessive singular)
seessänsä (inessive singular)
seissään (inessive plural)
seissänsä (inessive plural)
seestään (elative singular)
seestänsä (elative singular)
seistään (elative plural)
seistänsä (elative plural)
seehensä (illative singular)
seihinsä (illative plural)
seellään (adessive singular)
seellänsä (adessive singular)
seillään (adessive plural)
seillänsä (adessive plural)
seeltään (ablative singular)
seeltänsä (ablative singular)
seiltään (ablative plural)
seiltänsä (ablative plural)
seelleen (allative singular)
seellensä (allative singular)
seilleen (allative plural)
seillensä (allative plural)
seenään (essive singular)
seenänsä (essive singular)
seinään (essive plural)
seinänsä (essive plural)
seekseen (singular translative)
seeksensä (singular translative)
seikseen (plural translative)
seiksensä (plural translative)
seettään (abessive singular)
seettänsä (abessive singular)
seittään (abessive plural)
seittänsä (abessive plural)
seineen (comitative plural)
seinensä (comitative plural)

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.


see

(Southwest Finnish) Alternative form of se.


see

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


see

See näyttää, jot pintamaas ono mokomat osat, kummat pallaat.

1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

This shows that there are such parts in the topsoil that burn.


see

sêe (canonical feminine masculine)
sêe (nominative singular)
sêwen (nominative plural)
sêe (accusative singular)
sêwen (accusative plural)
sêwen (genitive singular)
sêwen (genitive plural)
sêe (dative singular)
sêwen (dative singular)
sêwen (dative plural)

desctree

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

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


see

English: sea

Scots: se, see, sey, seye, sie

Yola: zea, zee

Inherited from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.


see

English: see

Borrowed from Old French sei, from Latin sedes.


see

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


see

Borrowed from German See m (“lake”), ultimately the same word as above. See sia for more.


see

head

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

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

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


see

see (nominative singular)
need (nominative plural)
nee (nominative plural)
sene (genitive singular)
neije (genitive plural)
nedʹdʹe (genitive plural)
sene (accusative singular)
neije (accusative plural)
nedʹdʹe (accusative plural)
sitä (partitive singular)
neite (partitive plural)
sihe (illative singular)
neise (illative plural)
senez (inessive singular)
neiz (inessive plural)
senesse (elative singular)
neisse (elative plural)
sele (allative singular)
selle (allative singular)
neile (allative plural)
neille (allative plural)
selle (adessive singular)
neille (adessive plural)
selte (ablative singular)
neilte (ablative plural)
senessi (singular translative)
neissi (plural translative)

From Proto-Finnic *se, from Proto-Uralic *śe.


see

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