see

/siː/

verb

  1. 1

    (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.

  2. 2

    To form a mental picture of.

  3. 3

    (social) To meet, to visit.

  4. 4

    To be the setting or time of.

    1999 saw the release of many great films.
  5. 5

    (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.

    I'll see you hang for this!  I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
  6. 6

    To wait upon; attend, escort.

    I saw the old lady safely across the road.
  7. 7

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

    I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
  8. 8

    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.
  9. 9

    (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.

    For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
  10. 10

    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.
  11. 11

    To include as one of something's experiences.

    The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects.

interjection

  1. 1

    Directing the audience to pay attention to the following

    See here, fellas, there's no need for all this rucus!
  2. 2

    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, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.

  2. 2

    The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric

  3. 3

    A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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