see > 26 senses| ADVERB | 1 | see, cf., cf, confer, see also | Compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text) |
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| NOUN | 1 | see | The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located |
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| VERB | 1 | see | Perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight |
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| 2 | see, understand, realize, realise | Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally |
| 3 | see, witness, find | Perceive or be contemporaneous with |
| 4 | see, visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, figure, picture, image | Imagine |
| 5 | see, consider, reckon, view, regard | Deem to be |
| 6 | see, learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover | Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally |
| 7 | see, watch, view, catch, take in | See or watch |
| 8 | see, determine, check, find out, ascertain, watch, learn | Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort |
| 9 | see, meet, ran into, encounter, run across, come across | Come together |
| 10 | see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure | Be careful or certain to do something |
| 11 | see | Go to see for professional or business reasons |
| 12 | see | Go to see for a social visit |
| 13 | see, visit | Visit a place, as for entertainment |
| 14 | see, attend, take care, look | Take charge of or deal with |
| 15 | see | Receive as a specified guest |
| 16 | see, go steady, go out, date | Date regularly |
| 17 | see | See and understand, have a good eye |
| 18 | see | Deliberate or decide |
| 19 | see | Observe as if with an eye |
| 20 | see, examine | Observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect |
| 21 | see, experience, undergo, go through | Go or live through |
| 22 | see, escort | Accompany or escort |
| 23 | see | Match or meet |
| 24 | see, interpret, construe | Make sense of |
see > verb 1, perception| Meaning | Perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Model | Sam and Sue see the movie |
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| Examples | "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" |
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| Caused by | show |
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| Entailed by | watch, look on; look; see double |
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| Narrower | glimpse; see; get a look, catch a glimpse; behold, lay eyes on |
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| Broader | perceive, comprehend |
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| Similar to | watch, view, see, catch, take in; see |
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| Nouns | seeing; seer; seeing |
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see > verb 2, cognition| Meaning | Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Model | They see that there was a traffic accident |
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| Examples | "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point" |
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| Synonyms | understand, realize, realise |
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| Narrower | perceive; appreciate, take account |
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| Similar to | visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image; see |
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see > verb 3, perception| Meaning | Perceive or be contemporaneous with. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Examples | "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "I want to see results"; "I want to see results" |
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| Synonyms | witness, find |
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| Narrower | catch |
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| Broader | experience, undergo, see, go through |
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| Similar to | learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see; find |
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see > verb 4, creation| Meaning | Imagine. Conceive of. See in one's mind. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Examples | "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" |
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| Synonyms | visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, figure, picture, image |
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| Broader | imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage |
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| Similar to | understand, realize, realise, see; visualize, visualise |
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| Nouns | seer |
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see > verb 5, cognition| Meaning | Deem to be. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Examples | "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
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| Synonyms | consider, reckon, view, regard |
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| Narrower | expect; receive; reconsider; reconsider; include; consider; call; like; relativize, relativise; identify; favor, favour; abstract; reify; idealize, idealise; deem, hold, view as, take for; respect, esteem, value, prize, prise; disrespect, disesteem; make; capitalize, capitalise; prize, value, treasure, appreciate |
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| Broader | think, believe, consider, conceive |
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| Similar to | interpret, construe, see |
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see > verb 6, cognition| Meaning | Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s something |
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| Examples | "I see that you have been promoted" |
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| Synonyms | learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover |
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| Narrower | get the goods; wise up; trip up, catch; ascertain; discover, find |
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| Similar to | witness, find, see |
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see > verb 8, communication| Meaning | Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE |
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| Model | They see whether there was a traffic accident |
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| Examples | "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works" |
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| Synonyms | determine, check, find out, ascertain, watch, learn |
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| Narrower | test |
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| Similar to | see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure; determine, find, find out, ascertain |
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see > verb 10, cognition| Meaning | Be careful or certain to do something. Make certain of something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Examples | "See that the curtains are closed" |
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| Synonyms | check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure |
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| Narrower | proofread, proof; control; double-check; cross-check; cinch; card; spot-check; cover |
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| Broader | verify |
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| Similar to | check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick; check; determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn; control, verify |
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see > verb 24, cognition| Meaning | Make sense of. Assign a meaning to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Examples | "What message do you see in this letter?" |
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| Synonyms | interpret, construe |
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| Narrower | misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss; read between the lines; mythicize, mythicise; literalize, literalise; spiritualize, spiritualise; reinterpret; allegorize, allegorise; take, read; read; read, scan; educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out |
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| Broader | understand |
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| Similar to | see, consider, reckon, view, regard |
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