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    ISO 639-3 language code for Seneca.

Verb
  1. 1

    To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight. To witness or observe by personal experience.

    • Now I've seen it all!
    • I'm seeing much better since I got my eyeglasses recalibrated.
    • I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have sent me.
  2. 2

    To witness or observe by personal experience.

    • Now I've seen it all!
    • I'm seeing much better since I got my eyeglasses recalibrated.
    • I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have sent me.
  3. 3

    To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc.

    • I saw the latest Tarantino flick last week.
  4. 4

    To form a mental picture of, to perceive in a certain way.

    • I see it as essential that there should be somewhere to park.
    • Do you see what I mean?
    • They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.
  5. 5

    To understand.

    • Do you see what I mean?
  6. 6

    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. 7

    To foresee, predict, or prophesy.

    • The oracle saw the destruction of the city.
  8. 8

    Used to emphasise a proposition.

    • You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real father.
    • You're not welcome here any more, see?
  9. 9

    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.
    • I've been seeing her for two months.
    • You should see a doctor about that rash on your arm.
  10. 10

    To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.

    • You'd better see about that with the boss.
  11. 11

    To date frequently.

    • I've been seeing her for two months.
  12. 12

    To visit for an appointment, especially a medical appointment.

    • You should see a doctor about that rash on your arm.
    • I've been seeing a therapist for three years now.
    • I saw my parole officer this morning for a drug test.
  13. 13

    To be attended to during an appointment, especially a medical appointment.

    • The doctor will see you now.
  14. 14

    To be the setting or time of.

    • The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration.
    • 1999 saw the release of many great films.
  15. 15

    Chiefly followed by that: to ensure that something happens, especially by personally witnessing it.

    • I'll see you hang for this
    • I was at the docks seeing that the goods got properly unloaded.
    • I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
  16. 16

    To wait upon; attend, escort.

    • I saw the old lady safely across the road.
    • You can see yourself out.
  17. 17

    To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.

    • I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
  18. 18

    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.
    • You think I can't beat you in a race, eh? We'll see.
    • Look to see if these jeans still fit you.
Interjection
  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.
Noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The office of a bishop or archbishop.

  3. 3

    A seat; a site; a place where sovereign, autonomous, or autocephalous power is exercised.

Noun
  1. 1

    Alternative form of cee; the name of the Latin script letter C/c.

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