Word Finder - seeing

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

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To form a mental picture of.

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(social) To meet, to visit.

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To be the setting or time of.

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1999 saw the release of many great films.

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

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

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To wait upon; attend, escort.

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I saw the old lady safely across the road.

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

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

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To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).

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I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.

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

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

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To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.

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Can I see that lighter for a second? Mine just quit working.

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To include as one of something's experiences.

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The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects.

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The action of the verb to see; eyesight.

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The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Having vision; not blind.

We're seeing something strange out here.

I remember seeing some pictures of Granddad on an old rake like that.

Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever stop seeing that.

Are you seeing someone?

Howie offered little and without seeing his facial reaction, I couldn't tell how he stood.

Alex said she was seeing him again after his wife died.

Seeing her at the diner probably gave him the idea of getting help.

No. I honestly don't think that's possible but he is seeing something.

To him that is what seeing the world is about.

Our inquiries are directed toward the accuracy of what you're seeing; did those scenes actually occur in the past.

Worse than seeing him was feeling him.

We're not seeing each other and we sure as hell aren't lovers!

I know seeing Martha would help.

The improvement they cannot help seeing in their child has given them more confidence in me.

Like you spying on me and seeing me with him?

Seeing you for the beautiful person you are.

And risk seeing her again.

The connexion is not difficult to explain, seeing that in psychology, or the science of mind, we study the fact of intelligence (and moral action), and have, so far, in our hands the fact to which all other facts are relative.

The Dawkins Four had apparently left and the newcomer guests were out seeing the town.

Westlake looked at it, as if seeing it for the first time.

Seeing the bet, he decided he wanted to stick around long enough to observe a few more events in the women's futures.

Seeing her made him want to explode.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Jade was lost in his thoughts for a few minutes, staring without seeing.

He looked back at the beach without seeing her.

But seeing this Cromwell instantly advanced his wing to the attack (5 p.m.).

I; hence its present form is earlier than 166 B.C. It represents a primitive and very sensuous view of the eternal Messianic kingdom on earth, seeing that the righteous beget woo children before they die.

We have a hard time seeing this world without scarcity because we are firmly planted in the worldview of scarcity.

Added to it was the pleasure of seeing Cynthia, after all she'd undergone, so utterly enjoying the day.

Then he added, "I guess I shouldn't be talking to you, seeing as we're adversaries and all."

He made the entire trip up without seeing another vehicle, and the lords of luck were with him—Jennifer Radisson's camera was sitting in the crevice of a rock as if it were waiting for him.

He told of hearing a siren just before the accident and seeing what he thought to be a sheriff's car.

Fitzgerald will prove we're seeing each other and anything you say is a lie to protect your lover.

Seeing human-Deidre left him pensive, not entirely certain what to do about his own mate.

Is there some way to restrict the man from seeing Alex unless I'm here?

I'm exploring the idea of seeing a specialist in Houston I heard about.

It wasn't the brightest thing to walk all the way out to that shed without any protection after seeing the bear last night, either.

Seeing a speech therapist would have helped, but he managed to do it on his own.

Gabe cleared his throat, amused at seeing the half-demon putting so much effort into restraining himself.

After seeing his name tattooed across her back and the look of pure murder on his face, she hid in the closet until certain he was gone.

The instincts she'd ignored at seeing Logan alive grew louder.

She crossed more boldly this time, terrified of seeing the doorway close behind her before she'd made it through another one.

Stymieing her sunny nature now was a small sacrifice compared to seeing it snuffed forever.

She couldn't remember seeing his chiseled features in full light without being drunk or terrified.

She avoided looking at Gabriel, not at all certain what to think after their exchange and seeing him with another woman.

Seeing Gabriel made her insides flutter and the world seem too small to be anywhere but his arms.

His anger surprised her with its intensity, and she judged from Ully's reaction that seeing the lord and master pissed was not something the good-natured mad scientist wanted anything to do with.

Today, however, he was more interested in seeing Sasha and hearing about the human than amusing the zoo creatures.

Either way, she feared seeing him again before she had her it.s-not-me-it.s-you speech ready.

The memory was achingly beautiful, and he remembered seeing his war-weary father approach from the house.