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Seeing

//ˈsiː.ɪŋ// adj, conj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having vision; not blind. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having vision, not blind wordnet
Conjunction
  1. 1
    Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that. slang

    "Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy."

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or fact of perceiving something with the eyes; eyesight. countable, uncountable

    "To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]"

  2. 2
    normal use of the faculty of vision wordnet
  3. 3
    The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    perception by means of the eyes wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of see form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From see + -ing.

Etymology 2

From see + -ing.

Etymology 3

From see + -ing.

Etymology 4

Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".

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