"seen" meaning in English

See seen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːn/ Audio: en-us-seen.ogg Forms: seens [plural]
enPR: sēn Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Arabic سِين (sīn). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|سِين||}} Arabic سِين (sīn) Head templates: {{en-noun}} seen (plural seens)
  1. The letter س in the Arabic script. Categories (topical): Arabic letter names
    Sense id: en-seen-en-noun-VVZV8awN Disambiguation of Arabic letter names: 75 3 3 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈsiːn/ Audio: en-us-seen.ogg
enPR: sēn Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: Morphologically see + -n. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|see|n<id:past participle>}} see + -n Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} seen
  1. past participle of see Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: see
    Sense id: en-seen-en-verb-vCddT~Ld Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -n (past participle) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -n (past participle): 70 10 19
  2. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past of see; saw. Tags: dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, past Form of: see (extra: saw)
    Sense id: en-seen-en-verb-6G7teD1e
  3. (Jamaica) To understand, to comprehend. Tags: Jamaica
    Sense id: en-seen-en-verb-MC-RRUnO Categories (other): Jamaican English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 4 4 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 22 7 7 57 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 5 5 66 2 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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