see
see is a 3-letter English word with 36 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
- noun. Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.
- transitive verb. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.
- transitive verb. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.
- transitive verb. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after.
- transitive verb. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.
- transitive verb. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.
- transitive verb. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
- intransitive verb. To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.
- intransitive verb. Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.
- intransitive verb. To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house.
- noun. the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- verb. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
"Now I see!"
"I just can't see your point"
- verb. 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"
- verb. make sense of; assign a meaning to
"What message do you see in this letter?"
"How do you interpret his behavior?"
- verb. be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
"He verified that the valves were closed"
"See that the curtains are closed"
- verb. deem to be
"She views this quite differently from me"
"I consider her to be shallow"
- verb. deliberate or decide
"See whether you can come tomorrow"
"let's see--which movie should we see tonight?"
- verb. 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"
- verb. match or meet
"I saw the bet of one of my fellow players"
- verb. receive as a specified guest
"the doctor will see you now"
"The minister doesn't see anybody before noon"
- verb. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
"I can't see him on horseback!"
"I can see what will happen"
- verb. come together
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"
"How nice to see you again!"
- verb. accompany or escort
"I'll see you to the door"
- verb. go or live through
"We had many trials to go through"
"he saw action in Viet Nam"
- verb. perceive or be contemporaneous with
"We found Republicans winning the offices"
"You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"
- verb. 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?"
- verb. see and understand, have a good eye
"The artist must first learn to see"
- verb. 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"
- verb. see or watch
"view a show on television"
"This program will be seen all over the world"
- verb. observe as if with an eye
"The camera saw the burglary and recorded it"
- verb. date regularly; have a steady relationship with
"Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"
"He is dating his former wife again!"
- verb. go to see for professional or business reasons
"You should see a lawyer"
"We had to see a psychiatrist"
- verb. go to see for a social visit
"I went to see my friend Mary the other day"
- verb. go to see a place, as for entertainment
"We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"
- verb. take charge of or deal with
"Could you see about lunch?"
"I must attend to this matter"
Synonyms
realise, realize, understand, discover, hear, learn, construe, interpret, ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, consider, reckon, regard, view, determine, watch, envision, fancy, figure, image
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in see:
Common word forms
seed, seer, sees, seely, seeing, seeable
Words from these letters
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