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Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation ofEnglishSeneca orDutchSennecaas.

Symbol

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see

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forSeneca.

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishseen, fromOld Englishsēon(“to see, look, behold, perceive, observe, discern, understand, know”), fromProto-West Germanic*sehwan, fromProto-Germanic*sehwaną(“to see”), fromProto-Indo-European*sekʷ-(“to see, notice”).

Cognates

Cognate withWest Frisiansjen(“to see”),Dutchzien(“to see”),Low Germansehn,Germansehen(“to see”),Danish,Swedish andNorwegian Bokmålse(“to see”),Norwegian Nynorsksjå(“to see”), and more distantly withLatinsīgnum(“sign, token”),Albanianshih(“look at, see”) imperative ofshoh(“to see”).

Verb

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see (third-person singular simple presentsees,present participleseeing,simple pastsawor(dialectal)seenor(dialectal)seentor(dialectal)seed,past participleseenor(dialectal)seentor(dialectal)seedor(dialectal)saw)

  1. (transitive) Toperceive ordetect someone or something with theeyes, or as if bysight.
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC,page18:
      Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path.[…]It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'dseen the roof of from the beach.
    • 1959,Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, inThe Unknown Ajax:
      But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sistersaw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
    • 2016,VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Tosee us, you'd think we've been married for years, but actually just met a few months ago.
    1. Towitness orobserve by personalexperience.
      Hyponyms:experience,suffer
      Now I'veseen it all!
      I'mseeing much better since I got my eyeglasses recalibrated.
      I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait tosee what stories they have sent me.
    2. To watch (a movie) at acinema, or ashow ontelevision etc.
      Isaw the latest Tarantino flick last week.
  2. To form amentalpicture of.
    • 2013 August 23,Mark Cocker, “Wings of Desire”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number11, page28:
      It is not just that wesee birds as little versions of ourselves. It is also that, at the same time, they stand outside any moral process. They are utterly indifferent. This absolute oblivion on their part, this lack of sharing, is powerful.
    • 2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg, Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors,The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film‎[1],Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.,→ISBN, page173:
      The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual isseen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).
    1. (figuratively) Tounderstand.
      Do yousee what I mean?
      • 2013 June 28,Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 3, page21:
        Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic[…]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become.[…]But the scandals kept coming[…]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable tosee the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.
    2. To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
      They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'llsee.
    3. (transitive) Toforesee,predict, orprophesy.
      The oraclesaw the destruction of the city.
      • 1967,Alan Gordon, Garry Bonner, “Happy Together”, performed byThe Turtles:
        I can'tsee me lovin' nobody but you / For all my life / When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue / For all my life
    4. (used in the imperative)Used to emphasise a proposition.
      Yousee, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real father.
      You're not welcome here any more,see?
  3. (social) To meet, to visit.
    1. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
      You'd bettersee about that with the boss.
    3. Todate frequently.
      I've beenseeing her for two months.
      • 2022 September 9, Dan Shive,El Goonish Shive (webcomic),Comic for Friday, Sep 9, 2022:
        "You're... remarrying? I didn't even know you wereseeing someone. And she's going to live here?"
    4. To visit for a medical appointment.
      You shouldsee a doctor about that rash on your arm.
      I've beenseeing a therapist for three years now.
  4. (ergative) To be thesetting ortime of.
    The 20th centurysaw humanity's first space exploration.
    1999saw the release of many great films.
    • 1995 June 3, David Sprague, “Buffalo Tom Reaches Crossroads: EastWest Trio At Make-Or-Break Point”, inBillboard, volume107, number22, page9:
      It seems as if every passing yearsees the mainstream embrace a longtime cult-favorite alternative rock band.
  5. (by extension)Chiefly followed bythat: toensure that something happens, especially by personallywitnessing it.
    I'llsee you hang for this
    I was at the docksseeing that the goods got properly unloaded.
    Isaw that they didn't make any more trouble.
    • 1765,William Blackstone, “Of Corporations”, inCommentaries on the Laws of England, book I (Of the Rights of Persons), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press,→OCLC,page469:
      As to eleemoſynary corporations, by thedotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, toſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf:[…]
    • 2001, Joan Lock,Death in Perspective, London:Robert Hale,→ISBN,page52:
      'Don't worry. You won't lose out. I'llsee you get your share of the action. If not now, later.'
    • 2022 October 27, Brian Porter, “The last barrel of oil should be a Canadian one”, inThe Globe and Mail‎[2], Toronto, ON:The Woodbridge Company,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on17 December 2022:
      We have forgotten that such a transition will require compromise, as we address real energy needs today, and investment, as we adapt to cleaner ways of producing energy tomorrow. A well-managed transition willsee that the opportunities flowing from the transformation dramatically exceed these costs.
  6. (transitive) Towait upon;attend,escort.
    Isaw the old lady safely across the road.
    You cansee yourself out.
    • 2020, Rich Thompson, Jonny Robinson, “Your Will Be Done”‎[3]:
      And in this Name we overcome, for You shallsee us safely home.
  7. (gambling, transitive) To respond to another player'sbet with a bet of equal value.
    I'llsee your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
  8. Todetermine bytrial orexperiment; tofind out (if orwhether).
    I'll come over later andsee if I can fix your computer.
    You think I can't beat you in a race, eh? We'llsee.
    Look tosee if these jeans still fit you.
  9. (used in the imperative) Toreference or tostudy for furtherdetails.
    Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in theTutor Manual).
    For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture,see Appendix C.
  10. To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
    Can Isee that lighter for a second? Mine just quit working.
  11. To include as one of something's experiences.
    The equipment has notseen usage outside of our projects.
    Isaw military service in Vietnam.
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofsee
infinitive(to)see
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularseesaw
2nd-personsingularsee,seest†saw,sawest†
3rd-personsingularsees,seeth†saw
pluralsee
subjunctiveseesaw
imperativesee—
participlesseeingseen
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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perceive with the eyes
understand
to meet, to visit
to be the setting or time of
to ensure that something happens
to wait upon; attend, escort
to include as one of something's experiences
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Interjection

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see

  1. Introducing an explanation
    Synonyms:look,well,so
    See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.
Translations
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interjection to attract attention

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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishse,see, fromOld Frenchsie(“seat, throne; town, capital; episcopal see”), fromLatinsedes(“seat”), referring to the bishop'sthrone or chair (compareseat of power) in thecathedral; related to the Latin verbsedere(“to sit”).

Noun

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see (pluralsees)

  1. Adiocese,archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by abishop or anarchbishop.
    Hyponyms:bishopric,archbishopric
  2. Theoffice of a bishop or archbishop.
    Hyponyms:bishopric,archbishopric
  3. Aseat; asite; a place wheresovereign power isexercised.
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Related terms
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terms related to see (noun)
Translations
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diocese
office of a bishop
place where sovereign power is exercised

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Etymology 3

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Noun

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see (pluralsees)

  1. Alternative form ofcee;the name of theLatin-script letterC/c.
    • 1881 April, J. B. Rundell, “The Irregularities of English Spelling: what they Cost and what they are Worth”, inThe Spelling Reformer, and Journal of the English Spelling Reform Association, volume I, number10, London, page147:
      see,ar,eye,ee,ess, cries
    • 1984, Eva Holmquist,No Certain Time, Libra Publishers,→ISBN, page17:
      They were still shocked if you said “eff yousee kay” out loud, though it didn’t stop any of them from doing it.
    • 1996,Sycamore Review, volume 8, page116:
      eff yousee kay why oh you.
    • 2009,Eric Barnes,Shimmer, Denver, Colo.: Unbridled Books,→ISBN, page91:
      I hear you. But hear me out, all right? Because I mean what I’m about to say. Eff-you-see-kay-why-oh-you. Fuck you.
    • 2020, Paul Richardson,Taylah’s Got Talent,→ISBN:
      Her mother said, “Maybe you can have ‘Muck Donnas’, or we could have fish and chips.” Krissy shook her head, “Nah. We no have fwishenchit. We have Kay EffSee nuggers?”
    • 2023, Callum McSorley, chapter 15, inSqueaky Clean,Pushkin Press,→ISBN:
      Same old answer: theeff-you-see-kay-you-pee.
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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromDutchzee, fromMiddle Dutchsêe, fromOld Dutchsēo, fromProto-Germanic*saiwiz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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see (pluralseë)

  1. sea
    Laasweek het onssee toe gegaan.
    Last week we went to thesea.
    Die trekvoëls vlieg oor die berge, oor diesee, Lapland toe.
    The migratory birds are flying over the mountains, over thesea, to Sápmi.

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Estonian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Finnic*se, ultimately fromProto-Uralic*śe. cognate toFinnishse,Voticse,Erzyaсе(se,“this, that”),Northern Khantyси(si,“that over yonder; now, then”), andNganasan[script needed](sete,“he, she”).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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see (genitiveselle,partitiveseda)

  1. this
  2. that
  3. it
  4. (colloquial, somewhat rude)he,she(usually only used when said person is not present)

Usage notes

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In Northern Estonia, and in the standard language,see is both the proximal("this") and distal("that") determiner. In Southern Estonia,too is used as the distal determiner.

Declension

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Declension of see (irregular)
singularplural
nominativeseeneed
genitivesellenende
partitivesedaneid
illativesellesse / sessenendesse / neisse
inessiveselles / sesnendes / neis
elativesellest / sestnendest / neist
allativesellelenendele / neile
adessivesellel / selnendel / neil
ablativesellelt / seltnendelt / neilt
translativeselleks / seksnendeks / neiks
terminativeselleninendeni
essivesellenanendena
abessiveselletanendeta
comitativeselleganendega

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Estonian personal pronouns
singularplural
longshortlongshort
1st personminamameieme
2nd personfamiliarsinasateiete
politeTeieTe
3rd personanimatetematanemadnad
inanimateseeneed

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈseː/,[ˈs̠e̞ː]
  • Rhymes:-eː
  • Syllabification(key):see
  • Hyphenation(key):see

Etymology 1

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CompareSwedishce,Englishcee, both ultimately fromLatincē with thec sound changed from a/k/ to a/s/ as is a common change in languages using the Latin alphabet.

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Noun

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see

  1. cee (The name of theLatin-script letterC/c)
    • 1990, Eila Hämäläinen,Aletaan I: Suomen kielen oppikirja vasta-alkajille (Let's begin I: Finnish textbook for the beginners), Helsinki: Helsingin Yliopisto (University of Helsinki),→ISBN, page23:
      Luemme kirjaimet näin: aa beesee dee ee äf gee hoo ii jii koo äl äm än oo pee kuu är äs tee uu vee kaksois-vee äks yy tset ruotsalainen oo ää öö
      We read the letters as follows: aa bee see …
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  • Speakers often use the corresponding forms ofc-kirjain(“letter C, letter c”) instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural. The plural forms may get confused withsei(“saithe”).
Declension
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Inflection ofsee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominativeseeseet
genitiveseenseiden
seitten
partitiveseetäseitä
illativeseehenseihin
singularplural
nominativeseeseet
accusativenom.seeseet
gen.seen
genitiveseenseiden
seitten
partitiveseetäseitä
inessiveseessäseissä
elativeseestäseistä
illativeseehenseihin
adessiveseelläseillä
ablativeseeltäseiltä
allativeseelleseille
essiveseenäseinä
translativeseeksiseiksi
abessiveseettäseittä
instructive—sein
comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms ofsee(Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singularplural
nominativeseeniseeni
accusativenom.seeniseeni
gen.seeni
genitiveseeniseideni
seitteni
partitiveseetäniseitäni
inessiveseessäniseissäni
elativeseestäniseistäni
illativeseeheniseihini
adessiveseelläniseilläni
ablativeseeltäniseiltäni
allativeseelleniseilleni
essiveseenäniseinäni
translativeseekseniseikseni
abessiveseettäniseittäni
instructive——
comitative—seineni
second-person singular possessor
singularplural
nominativeseesiseesi
accusativenom.seesiseesi
gen.seesi
genitiveseesiseidesi
seittesi
partitiveseetäsiseitäsi
inessiveseessäsiseissäsi
elativeseestäsiseistäsi
illativeseehesiseihisi
adessiveseelläsiseilläsi
ablativeseeltäsiseiltäsi
allativeseellesiseillesi
essiveseenäsiseinäsi
translativeseeksesiseiksesi
abessiveseettäsiseittäsi
instructive——
comitative—seinesi
first-person plural possessor
singularplural
nominativeseemmeseemme
accusativenom.seemmeseemme
gen.seemme
genitiveseemmeseidemme
seittemme
partitiveseetämmeseitämme
inessiveseessämmeseissämme
elativeseestämmeseistämme
illativeseehemmeseihimme
adessiveseellämmeseillämme
ablativeseeltämmeseiltämme
allativeseellemmeseillemme
essiveseenämmeseinämme
translativeseeksemmeseiksemme
abessiveseettämmeseittämme
instructive——
comitative—seinemme
second-person plural possessor
singularplural
nominativeseenneseenne
accusativenom.seenneseenne
gen.seenne
genitiveseenneseidenne
seittenne
partitiveseetänneseitänne
inessiveseessänneseissänne
elativeseestänneseistänne
illativeseehenneseihinne
adessiveseellänneseillänne
ablativeseeltänneseiltänne
allativeseellenneseillenne
essiveseenänneseinänne
translativeseeksenneseiksenne
abessiveseettänneseittänne
instructive——
comitative—seinenne
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Finnish numbers(edit)
70[a],[b]
 ←  678  → 
   Cardinal:seitsemän
   Colloquial counting form:see,sei
   Ordinal:seitsemäs
   Colloquial ordinal:seikki(regional),seiska
   Ordinalabbreviation:7.,7:s
   Digit name:seiska(informal),seitsikko,seitsemäinen
   Adverbial:seitsemästi
   Multiplier:seitsenkertainen
   Fractional:seitsemäsosa,seitsemännes
Finnish Wikipedia article on7

<seitsemän

Numeral

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see(colloquial)

  1. (counting)seven

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Etymology 3

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CompareEstoniansee.

Pronoun

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see(dialectal, rare)

  1. (Southwest Finnish)alternative form ofse

Anagrams

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Friulian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the verbseâ. CompareItaliansega,Venetansiega,Frenchscie.

Noun

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see f (pluralseis)

  1. saw

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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see

  1. (dialectal)alternative form ofse
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova,Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      See näyttää, jot pintamaas ono mokomat osat, kummat pallaat.
      This shows that there are such parts in the topsoil that burn.

Determiner

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see

  1. (dialectal)alternative form ofse

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971),Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page514

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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FromOld Dutchsēo, fromProto-Germanic*saiwiz.

Noun

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sêe f orm

  1. sea

Inflection

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Strong feminine noun (irregular)
singularplural
nominativesêesêe, sêwe
accusativesêesêe, sêwe
genitivesêe, sêwesêe, sêwe
dativesêe, sêwesêen, sêwen
Strong masculine noun (irregular)
singularplural
nominativesêesêe, sêwe
accusativesêesêe, sêwe
genitivesêes, sêwessêe, sêwe
dativesêe, sêwesêen, sêwen


Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromOld Englishsǣ, fromProto-West Germanic*saiwi, fromProto-Germanic*saiwiz.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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see (pluralsees)

  1. sea,ocean
  2. Abody of water, alake
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Descendants
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References
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromOld Frenchsei, fromLatinsedes.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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see (pluralsees)

  1. seat,chair
  2. dwelling,residence
  3. Aroyal orepiscopalchair
  4. Aroyal orepiscopalpolity orrealm
  5. Aroyal orepiscopalresidence
  6. (Christianity) TheKingdom of Heaven.
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North Frisian

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Frisiansē, fromProto-West Germanic*saiwi. Cognates includeDutchzee.

Noun

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see f

  1. (Heligoland)sea

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromGermanSee m(“lake”), ultimately the same word as above. Seesia for more.

Noun

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see m (pluralseen)

  1. alternative form ofsia m(“lake”)

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishseen, fromOld Englishsēon, fromProto-West Germanic*sehwan. Cognate withEnglishsee.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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see (third-person singular simple presentsees,present participleseein,simple pastsaw,seed,past participleseen)

  1. tosee

References

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  1. ^“see,v.”, inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh:Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present,→OCLC.

Tetum

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Verb

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see

  1. toturn, topresent

Votic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-Finnic*se, fromProto-Uralic*śe.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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see

  1. (demonstrative)that
  2. (demonstrative)ít

Inflection

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Inflection of see
singularplural
nominativeseeneed
nee
genitiveseneneije
nedʹdʹe
accusativeseneneije
nedʹdʹe
partitivesitäneite
illativesiheneise
inessivesenezneiz
elativesenesseneisse
allativesele
selle		neile
neille
adessiveselleneille
ablativeselteneilte
translativesenessineissi
**) theterminative is formed by adding the suffix-ssaa to the shortillative (sg) or thegenitive.
***) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka to thegenitive.

See also

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Votic demonstratives
proximalneutral/distal
singularkasesee
pluralkanedneed

West Frisian

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisiansē, fromProto-West Germanic*saiwi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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see c (pluralseeën,diminutiveseeke)

  1. sea

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “see”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011
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