see

English

/siː/

verb
Definitions
  • (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
  • To form a mental picture of.
  • (social) To meet, to visit.
  • (transitive) To be the setting or time of.
  • (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
  • (transitive) To wait upon; attend, escort.
  • (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
  • To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
  • (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
  • To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
  • To include as one of something's experiences.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English seen inherited from Old English sēon (be, perceive, filter, behold, observe, look, discern, see, understand, know) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (see) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (follow, say, see, notice, accompany, track), *sekʷ- (follow, say, see, notice, accompany, track).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sekʷ-

Gloss

follow, say, see, notice, accompany, track

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji

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