"see things" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-see things.ogg Forms: sees things [present, singular, third-person], seeing things [participle, present], saw things [past], seen things [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|see<,,saw,seen> things}} see things (third-person singular simple present sees things, present participle seeing things, simple past saw things, past participle seen things)
  1. (idiomatic) To imagine that one sees things that are not actually present; to have visual hallucinations. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: shit [vulgar] Related terms: hear things
    Sense id: en-see_things-en-verb-QLDjVFfv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, thing.
    Sense id: en-see_things-en-verb-2kf~DPFG

Inflected forms

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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saw things",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seen things",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was there before. I think I'm seeing things.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To imagine that one sees things that are not actually present; to have visual hallucinations."
      ],
      "id": "en-see_things-en-verb-QLDjVFfv",
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        [
          "visual",
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "(idiomatic) To imagine that one sees things that are not actually present; to have visual hallucinations."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
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        }
      ],
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          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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        }
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        "idiomatic"
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To imagine that one sees things that are not actually present; to have visual hallucinations."
      ],
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          "visual",
          "visual"
        ],
        [
          "hallucination",
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        ]
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        "(idiomatic) To imagine that one sees things that are not actually present; to have visual hallucinations."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, thing."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "shit"
    }
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}

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