see
verb
[ siː ]
• perceive with the eyes; discern visually.
• "in the distance she could see the blue sea"
Similar:
discern,
perceive,
glimpse,
catch/get a glimpse of,
spot,
notice,
catch sight of,
sight,
make out,
pick out,
spy,
distinguish,
identify,
recognize,
detect,
note,
mark,
clap/lay/set eyes on,
clock,
behold,
descry,
espy,
• discern or deduce after reflection or from information; understand.
• "I can't see any other way to treat it"
Similar:
understand,
grasp,
comprehend,
follow,
take in,
realize,
appreciate,
recognize,
work out,
get the drift of,
make out,
conceive,
perceive,
fathom (out),
become cognizant of,
get,
latch on to,
cotton on to,
catch on to,
tumble to,
figure out,
get the hang of,
get a fix on,
get one's head round/around,
get the message,
get the picture,
twig,
suss,
savvy,
cognize,
• experience or witness (an event or situation).
• "I shall not live to see it"
• meet (someone one knows) socially or by chance.
• "I saw Colin last night"
Similar:
meet (by chance),
encounter,
run into,
run across,
stumble on/across,
happen on,
chance on,
come across,
bump into,
run against,
meet (by arrangement),
meet up with,
get together with,
have a meeting,
have meetings,
meet socially,
make a date with,
• escort or conduct (someone) to a specified place.
• "don't bother seeing me out"
Similar:
escort,
accompany,
show,
walk,
conduct,
lead,
take,
usher,
guide,
shepherd,
attend,
• ensure.
• "Lucy saw to it that everyone got enough to eat"
• (in poker or brag) equal the bet of (an opponent) and require them to reveal their cards in order to determine who has won the hand.
Origin:
Old English sēon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zien and German sehen, perhaps from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sequi ‘follow’.
see
noun
• the place in which a cathedral church stands, identified as the seat of authority of a bishop or archbishop.
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French sed, from Latin sedes ‘seat’, from sedere ‘sit’.
saw
verb
• past of see1.
