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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The letter س in the Arabic script.

Verb

1. 1
   past participle of see form-of, participle, past

   "Justice must be seen to be done."

2. 2
   simple past of see; saw. dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, past

   "I seen it with my own eyes."

3. 3
   Understood; comprehended. Jamaica

   "Everything irie, seen?"

Synonyms

All synonyms

visible

Antonyms

All antonyms

unseen

Example

More examples

"You needn't have seen him to the door."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Morphologically see + -n.

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِين (sīn).

Related phrases

arabic script

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