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Definition
Noun:
- The seat or jurisdiction of a bishop: The location where a bishop's cathedral is situated, serving as the center of a diocese.
Verb:
- To perceive with the eyes; to have the faculty of sight: To become aware of or visually register an object, person, or event.
- To understand or comprehend: To grasp the meaning, significance, or nature of something.
- To meet with or visit: To have an encounter, appointment, or social visit with someone.
- To ensure or make certain: To take care that something is done or happens.
- To witness or experience: To be present during and observe an event or period.
- To imagine or visualize: To form a mental picture of something.
- To consider or regard in a particular way: To have a specific opinion or viewpoint about something.
- To accompany or escort: To go with someone to a place.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The bishop returned to his see after the conference.
- The ancient city was once an important papal see.
Verb:
- I can see a bird in the tree. (Perceive with eyes)
- Do you see what I mean? (Understand)
- I will see my doctor tomorrow. (Meet with)
- Please see that the door is locked. (Ensure)
- He has seen many changes in his lifetime. (Experience)
- I can't see him as a manager. (Consider)
- She kindly saw the guests to their car. (Escort)
Advanced Usage
"See to it that": To take responsibility for ensuring something happens.
- Please see to it that the report is finished on time.
"As far as I can see": According to my understanding or perception.
- As far as I can see, the plan is sound.
"See eye to eye": To agree fully with someone.
- They don't always see eye to eye on political issues.
"See the light": To finally understand something; also, to undergo a religious conversion.
- After the explanation, I finally saw the light.
- He saw the light and changed his ways.
Variants and Related Words
- Foresee (verb): To see or know beforehand.
- It's difficult to foresee the outcome.
- Oversee (verb): To supervise or watch over.
- She was hired to oversee the project.
- Sight (noun/verb): The faculty of seeing; to glimpse.
- Witness (verb/noun): To see an event happen; a person who sees an event.
Synonyms
- Perceive: To become aware of through the senses.
- Observe: To watch carefully.
- Comprehend: To understand fully.
- Meet: To come into the presence of.
- Ensure: To make sure.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- See about: To attend to or deal with something.
- I need to see about renewing my passport.
- See off: To accompany someone to their point of departure.
- We went to the airport to see her off.
- See through:
- To perceive the true nature of something hidden.
- She saw through his excuses.
- To support someone until the end of a difficult time.
- His friends saw him through his illness.
- See to: To attend to or take care of.
- Could you see to the arrangements?
Related Idioms
- Seeing is believing: One must see something to accept it as true.
- I didn't think it was possible, but seeing is believing.
- See red: To become very angry.
- He saw red when he discovered the mistake.
- See stars: To see flashing lights, typically from being hit on the head.
- The fall made him see stars.
- Wait and see: To be patient and await developments.
- We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Noun
- the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
Verb
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
- What message do you see in this letter?
- How do you interpret his behavior?
- match or meet
- I saw the bet of one of my fellow players
- accompany or escort
- I'll see you to the door
- go or live through
- We had many trials to go through
- he saw action in Viet Nam
- observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
- The customs agent examined the baggage
- I must see your passport before you can enter the country
- observe as if with an eye
- The camera saw the burglary and recorded it
- deliberate or decide
- See whether you can come tomorrow
- let's see--which movie should we see tonight?
- see and understand, have a good eye
- The artist must first learn to see
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- Did you know that she is seeing an older man?
- He is dating his former wife again!
- receive as a specified guest
- the doctor will see you now
- The minister doesn't see anybody before noon
- take charge of or deal with
- Could you see about lunch?
- I must attend to this matter
- She took care of this business
- go to see a place, as for entertainment
- We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning
- go to see for a social visit
- I went to see my friend Mary the other day
- go to see for professional or business reasons
- You should see a lawyer
- We had to see a psychiatrist
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- I want to see whether she speaks French
- See whether it works
- find out if he speaks Russian
- Check whether the train leaves on time
- come together
- I'll probably see you at the meeting
- How nice to see you again!
- see or watch
- view a show on television
- This program will be seen all over the world
- view an exhibition
- Catch a show on Broadway
- see a movie
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
- deem to be
- She views this quite differently from me
- I consider her to be shallow
- I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- I can't see him on horseback!
- I can see what will happen
- I can see a risk in this strategy
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- We found Republicans winning the offices
- You'll see a lot of cheating in this school
- The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions
- I want to see results
- perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
- Now I see!
- I just can't see your point
- Does she realize how important this decision is?
- I don't understand the idea
- perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
- You have to be a good observer to see all the details
- Can you see the bird in that tree?
- He is blind--he cannot see