"see out" meaning in English

See see out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sees out [present, singular, third-person], seeing out [participle, present], saw out [past], seen out [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|see<,,saw,seen> out}} see out (third-person singular simple present sees out, present participle seeing out, simple past saw out, past participle seen out)
  1. (transitive, formal) To accompany a guest to the door when he or she leaves (also used figuratively). Tags: formal, transitive Translations (to accompany (a guest) to the door): elakompani (Esperanto), kikísér (Hungarian), accompagnare (Italian), acompañar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-see_out-en-verb-NTznWHwl Disambiguation of 'to accompany (a guest) to the door': 89 11
  2. (transitive) To continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion. Tags: transitive Synonyms: see through Translations (to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion): végigvisz (english: to act) (Hungarian), végigcsinál (Hungarian), kitart a végéig (Hungarian), végignéz (english: to watch and wait) (Hungarian), megvárja/kivárja a végét (Hungarian), portare a termine (Italian), anpasse en situasjon (Norwegian Bokmål), avstemme (Norwegian Bokmål), se ut (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-see_out-en-verb-ZcawsrSJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of 'to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: I'll see myself out

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "100 0",
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      "form": "seeing out",
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      "form": "saw out",
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          "text": "Please see our guest out.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "I saw that boy into the world and I will see him out.",
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        "(transitive, formal) To accompany a guest to the door when he or she leaves (also used figuratively)."
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "word": "elakompani"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to accompany (a guest) to the door",
          "word": "kikísér"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "to accompany (a guest) to the door",
          "word": "accompagnare"
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          "sense": "to accompany (a guest) to the door",
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: carry out"
        },
        {
          "text": "I'll never give up. I'm going to see this thing out.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 1, Honor Molloy, Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage, Gemma, →ISBN, page 179:",
          "text": "Life. He's perished with it. / Is he very near the last? / At the backend of it, I'd say. With the prostate, the lungs, the liver. He's already half-ghost. / Can't we have another tomorrow? / This night will see him out. / God-God-God and God-God-God, please save him. […] The average stay was four to six years, when they died. When death arrived, they'd send for Burke and Hare.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 December 14, Kim Fullbrook, “Sunset draws near for long-serving '313s'”, in RAIL, number 972, page 36:",
          "text": "The surviving units are now seeing out their final days on the Coastway route in Sussex, operated by Southern.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 25, Rebecca Rose, “How old is too old for a profile pic?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 22:",
          "text": "It turns out that, in journalistic terms, and especially at the FT, where many staff see out their entire careers, seven years is nothing.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "To continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion."
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        "(transitive) To continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion."
      ],
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          "word": "see through"
        }
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "to act",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
          "word": "végigvisz"
        },
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          "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
          "word": "kitart a végéig"
        },
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
          "word": "végignéz"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
          "word": "megvárja/kivárja a végét"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
          "word": "portare a termine"
        },
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
          "word": "anpasse en situasjon"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
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          "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
          "word": "avstemme"
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          "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
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          "text": "Please see our guest out.",
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        "To accompany a guest to the door when he or she leaves (also used figuratively)."
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        "(transitive, formal) To accompany a guest to the door when he or she leaves (also used figuratively)."
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          "ref": "2022 December 14, Kim Fullbrook, “Sunset draws near for long-serving '313s'”, in RAIL, number 972, page 36:",
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to accompany (a guest) to the door",
      "word": "elakompani"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to accompany (a guest) to the door",
      "word": "kikísér"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to accompany (a guest) to the door",
      "word": "accompagnare"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to accompany (a guest) to the door",
      "word": "acompañar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "to act",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
      "word": "végigvisz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
      "word": "végigcsinál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
      "word": "kitart a végéig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "to watch and wait",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
      "word": "végignéz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
      "word": "megvárja/kivárja a végét"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
      "word": "portare a termine"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
      "word": "anpasse en situasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
      "word": "avstemme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion",
      "word": "se ut"
    }
  ],
  "word": "see out"
}

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