see
1
[ see ]
/ si /
verb (used with object), saw, seen, see·ing.
verb (used without object), saw, seen, see·ing.
Verb Phrases
Origin of see
1
before 900; Middle English
seen, Old English
sēon; cognate with Dutch
zien, German
sehen, Old Norse
sjā, Gothic
saihwan
SYNONYMS FOR see
5 comprehend, penetrate.
10 determine.
11 know, undergo.
18 accompany.
OTHER WORDS FROM see
see·a·ble, adjective see·a·ble·ness, noun un·see·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby see
Example sentences from the Web for seeable
This, as a purely mechanical process, is seeable by the mind.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 |John Tyndall"You'd have seen me the day before yesterday—if you had been seeable," Bryce reminded him with a bright smile.
The Valley of the Giants |Peter B. KyneHe reasons from the definite and the seeable, and refuses to believe in the abstract.
Think |Col. Wm. C. HunterIf it did, it is in the War Department now, possibly, and seeable.
The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 3, 1876-1885 |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
British Dictionary definitions for seeable (1 of 2)
see
1
/ (siː) /
verb sees, seeing, saw or seen
Derived forms of see
seeable, adjectiveWord Origin for see
Old English
sēon; related to Old Norse
sjā, Gothic
saihwan, Old Saxon
sehan
British Dictionary definitions for seeable (2 of 2)
see
2
/ (siː) /
noun
the diocese of a bishop, or the place within it where his cathedral or procathedral is situated
See also Holy See
Word Origin for see
C13: from Old French
sed, from Latin
sēdēs a seat; related to
sedēre to sit
Idioms and Phrases with seeable
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