"seeing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsiːɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-seeing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːɪŋ Etymology: see + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|see|ing}} see + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} seeing (not comparable)
  1. Having vision; not blind. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: sighted Translations (having vision; not blind): ⁧بَصِير⁩ (baṣīr) (Arabic), ⁧مُبْصِر⁩ (mubṣir) (Arabic), зрящ (zrjašt) (Bulgarian), vidomý (Czech), vidoucí (Czech), näkevä (Finnish), voyant [masculine] (French), vidente (Galician), sehend (German), videns (Latin), redzošs (Latvian), redzīgs (Latvian), ви́дящий (vídjaščij) (Russian), зря́чий (zrjáčij) (Russian), vidente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-seeing-en-adj-Kb6IF3~P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /ˈsiːɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-seeing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːɪŋ Etymology: Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as". Head templates: {{en-con}} seeing
  1. (slang) Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that. Tags: slang Translations (inasmuch as; in view of the fact): ⁧نَظَرًا لِـ⁩ (naẓaran li-) (Arabic), доколкото (dokolkoto) (Bulgarian), koska (Finnish), sikäli kuin (Finnish), láttán (Hungarian), minthogy (Hungarian), z uwagi na to że (Polish)
    Sense id: en-seeing-en-conj-b~-X4OfO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-seeing.ogg [US] Forms: seeings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːɪŋ Etymology: see + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|see|ing}} see + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} seeing (countable and uncountable, plural seeings)
  1. The action of the verb to see; eyesight. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the action of the verb to see; eyesight): ⁧رُؤْيَة⁩ (ruʔya) [feminine] (Arabic), зрение (zrenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), näkeminen (Finnish), Sehen [neuter] (German), feiceáil [feminine] (Irish), wiźenje [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), ви́дение (vídenije) [neuter] (Russian), зре́ние (zrénije) (english: eyesight) [neuter] (Russian), చూచుట (cūcuṭa) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-seeing-en-noun-i~hGZjGR Disambiguation of 'the action of the verb to see; eyesight': 100 0
  2. (astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (the movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere): seeing (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-seeing-en-noun-0KMV4vJ5 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of "the movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere": 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈsiːɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-seeing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːɪŋ Etymology: see + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|see|ing}} see + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} seeing
  1. present participle and gerund of see Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: see Derived forms: all-seeing, far-seeing, farseeing, seeing to, seeing-eye dog
    Sense id: en-seeing-en-verb-Ngzh8OjX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "baṣīr",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "⁧بَصِير⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mubṣir",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "⁧مُبْصِر⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zrjašt",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "зрящ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "vidomý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "vidoucí"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "näkevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voyant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "vidente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "sehend"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "videns"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "redzošs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "redzīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vídjaščij",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "ви́дящий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zrjáčij",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "зря́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having vision; not blind",
      "word": "vidente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seeing"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "see",
        "3": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "see + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "see + -ing",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seeings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "seeing (countable and uncountable, plural seeings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus, page 73",
          "text": "To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The action of the verb to see; eyesight."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eyesight",
          "eyesight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "movement",
          "movement"
        ],
        [
          "distortion",
          "distortion"
        ],
        [
          "telescopic",
          "telescopic"
        ],
        [
          "image",
          "image"
        ],
        [
          "turbulence",
          "turbulence"
        ],
        [
          "Earth",
          "Earth"
        ],
        [
          "atmosphere",
          "atmosphere"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiːɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-seeing.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/En-us-seeing.ogg/En-us-seeing.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/En-us-seeing.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ruʔya",
      "sense": "the action of the verb to see; eyesight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧رُؤْيَة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zrenie",
      "sense": "the action of the verb to see; eyesight",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зрение"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the action of the verb to see; eyesight",
      "word": "näkeminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the action of the verb to see; eyesight",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the action of the verb to see; eyesight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feiceáil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vídenije",
      "sense": "the action of the verb to see; eyesight",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ви́дение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "eyesight",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zrénije",
      "sense": "the action of the verb to see; eyesight",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зре́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "the action of the verb to see; eyesight",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wiźenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "cūcuṭa",
      "sense": "the action of the verb to see; eyesight",
      "word": "చూచుట"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "seeing"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seeing"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "Probably an elision of \"seeing that\" or \"seeing as\".",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seeing",
      "name": "en-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Inasmuch as",
          "inasmuch as"
        ],
        [
          "view",
          "view"
        ],
        [
          "fact",
          "fact"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiːɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-seeing.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/En-us-seeing.ogg/En-us-seeing.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/En-us-seeing.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naẓaran li-",
      "sense": "inasmuch as; in view of the fact",
      "word": "⁧نَظَرًا لِـ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dokolkoto",
      "sense": "inasmuch as; in view of the fact",
      "word": "доколкото"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inasmuch as; in view of the fact",
      "word": "koska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inasmuch as; in view of the fact",
      "word": "sikäli kuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inasmuch as; in view of the fact",
      "word": "láttán"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inasmuch as; in view of the fact",
      "word": "minthogy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inasmuch as; in view of the fact",
      "word": "z uwagi na to że"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seeing"
}

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