See

/ˈsiː/ intj, name, noun, verb

intj, name, noun, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level

Meaning at a glance

  • Primary sense: A diocese or archdiocese: a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
  • Grammar: see is listed as intj, name, noun, verb.
  • Nearest alternatives: date, view, accept, animadvert.
  • Useful contrasts: avoid, blind, blinding.
  • Usage evidence: There's a problem there that you don't see.

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A diocese or archdiocese: a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of cee; the name of the Latin script letter C/c. alt-of, alternative

    "see, ar, eye, ee, ess, cries"

  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of see. alt-of
  4. 4
    Initialism of single-event effect (a temporary or permanent fault caused by an ionizing radiation particle or ray striking a computer chip). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    the seat within a bishop's diocese where the bishop's cathedral is located wordnet
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  1. 6
    The office of a bishop or archbishop.
  2. 7
    Initialism of Signed Exact English. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 8
    A seat; a site; a place where sovereign, autonomous, or autocephalous power is exercised.

    "Ioue laught on Venus from his ſouerayne ſee"

Verb
  1. 1
    To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight. transitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    perceive (an idea or situation) mentally wordnet
  3. 3
    To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.; To witness or observe by personal experience. transitive

    "Now I've seen it all!"

  4. 4
    get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally wordnet
  5. 5
    To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.; To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc. transitive

    "I saw the latest Tarantino flick last week."

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  1. 6
    make sense of; assign a meaning to wordnet
  2. 7
    To form a mental picture of.

    "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."

  3. 8
    be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something wordnet
  4. 9
    To form a mental picture of.; To understand. figuratively

    "Do you see what I mean?"

  5. 10
    deem to be wordnet
  6. 11
    To form a mental picture of.; To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.

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

  7. 12
    deliberate or decide wordnet
  8. 13
    To form a mental picture of.; To foresee, predict, or prophesy. transitive

    "The oracle saw the destruction of the city."

  9. 14
    find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort wordnet
  10. 15
    To form a mental picture of.; Used to emphasise a proposition.

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

  11. 16
    match or meet wordnet
  12. 17
    To meet, to visit.; To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.

    "You'd better see about that with the boss."

  13. 18
    receive as a specified guest wordnet
  14. 19
    To meet, to visit.; To date frequently.

    "I've been seeing her for two months."

  15. 20
    imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind wordnet
  16. 21
    To meet, to visit.; To visit for a medical appointment.

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

  17. 22
    come together wordnet
  18. 23
    To be the setting or time of. ergative

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

  19. 24
    conduct someone someplace wordnet
  20. 25
    Chiefly followed by that: to ensure that something happens, especially by personally witnessing it. broadly

    "I'll see you hang for this"

  21. 26
    undergo or live through a difficult experience wordnet
  22. 27
    To wait upon; attend, escort. transitive

    "I saw the old lady safely across the road."

  23. 28
    perceive or be contemporaneous with wordnet
  24. 29
    To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value. transitive

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

  25. 30
    perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight wordnet
  26. 31
    To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).

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

  27. 32
    see and understand, have a good eye wordnet
  28. 33
    To reference or to study for further details.

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

  29. 34
    observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect wordnet
  30. 35
    To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.

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

  31. 36
    see or watch wordnet
  32. 37
    To include as one of something's experiences.

    "The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects."

  33. 38
    observe as if with an eye wordnet
  34. 39
    date regularly; have a steady relationship with wordnet
  35. 40
    go to see for professional or business reasons wordnet
  36. 41
    go to see for a social visit wordnet
  37. 42
    go to see a place, as for entertainment wordnet
  38. 43
    take charge of or deal with wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    Introducing an explanation

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

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.; An English surname.
  2. 2
    A surname.; A surname from German.
  3. 3
    A surname.; A surname from Hokkien.

Synonyms

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dateviewacceptanimadvertanteante up

Example

"There's a problem there that you don't see."

Common questions

What does "see" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "see"?

Common synonyms include: date, view, accept, animadvert, ante, ante up.

How do you use "see" in a sentence?

There's a problem there that you don't see.

How do you pronounce "see"?

Pronounced /ˈsiː/.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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 Scots see, sei (“to see”), Yola sau, ze, zee, zey, zie (“to see”), North Frisian se, si, siin, siine, siinj, sä, säie (“to see”), Saterland Frisian sjo (“to see”), West Frisian sjen (“to see”), Bavarian segn (“to see”), Central Franconian sehn, senn (“to see”), Dutch zien (“to see”), Low German sehn (“to see; to look”), German sehen, sehn (“to see”), Limburgish séëne, zeen (“to see”), Luxembourgish gesinn (“to see”), Mòcheno sechen (“to see”), Vilamovian zaon (“to see”), Yiddish זען (zen, “to see”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål se (“to see”), Elfdalian sją̊ (“to see”), Faroese síggja (“to see”), Icelandic sjá (“to see”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjå (“to see”), Swedish se (“to see”), sia (“to foretell”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (saiƕan, “to see”), and more distantly with Albanian shof, shoh (“to see”), Latin secūtus, sequūtus (“followed”), Ancient Greek ἕπομαι (hépomai, “to follow, obey”), Persian ا (a), از (az), ز (ze, “from, of”), Luwian 𒁕𒀀𒌋𒄿𒅖 (“eye”), Sanskrit सच् (sac, “to be associated with, familiar with, have to do with”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English se, see, from Old French sie (“seat, throne; town, capital; episcopal see”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”), referring to the bishop's throne or chair (compare seat of power) in the cathedral; related to the Latin verb sedēre (“to sit”). Doublet of sedes.

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