# see
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, Canada) enPR: sē, IPA: /ˈsiː/
* Audio (Received Pronunciation); “to see”:(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈsi/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Homophones: C, cee, sea, Seay, si
* Rhymes: -iː

### Etymology 1

From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon (“to see, look, behold, perceive, observe, discern, understand, know”), from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).
Cognate with West Frisian sjen (“to see”), Dutch zien (“to see”), Low German sehn, German sehen (“to see”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål se (“to see”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjå (“to see”), and more distantly with Latin sīgnum (“sign, token”), Albanian shih (“look at, see”) imperative of shoh (“to see”).

#### Verb

see (third-person singular simple present sees, present participle seeing, simple past saw or (dialectal) seen or (dialectal) seent or (dialectal) seed, past participle seen or (dialectal) seent or (dialectal) seed or (dialectal) saw)
* (transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
** 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 18: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'd seen the roof of from the beach.
** 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The 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 sister saw […] that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
** 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
    I want to see this house!
       Audio (US):(file)
** To witness or observe by personal experience.
    Hyponyms: experience, suffer
    Now I've seen it all!
    I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have sent me.
*** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 8:51, column 1:Uerely, verely I ſay vnto you, If a man keepe my ſaying, hee ſhall neuer ſee death.
*** 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, “Mr. Ralph Nickleby cuts an old Acquaintance. It would also appear from the contents hereof, that a joke, even between Husband and Wife, may be sometimes carried too far.”, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 434:[…] And remember this, 'scape-gallows,' said Ralph, menacing him with his hand, 'that if we meet again, and you so much as notice me by one begging gesture, you shall see the inside of a jail once more […]
** To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc.
    I saw the latest Tarantino flick last week.
* To form a mental picture of.
** 2013 August 23, Mark Cocker, “Wings of Desire”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 11, page 28:It is not just that we see 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, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG., →ISBN, page 173:The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen 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).
** (figuratively) To understand.
    Do you see what I mean?
*** 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21: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 to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.
** To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
    They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.
** (transitive) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
    The oracle saw the destruction of the city.
*** 1967, Alan Gordon, Garry Bonner (lyrics and music), “Happy Together”, performed by The Turtles:I can't see me lovin' nobody but you / For all my life / When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue / For all my life
** (used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.
    You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real father.
    You're not welcome here any more, see?
* (social) To meet, to visit.
** To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
    to go to see a friend
*** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 15:35, column 2:And Samuel came no more to ſee Saul vntill the day of his death: neuertheleſſe, Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king ouer Iſrael.
** To date frequently.
    I've been seeing 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 were seeing someone. And she's going to live here?"
** To visit for a medical appointment.
    You should see a doctor about that rash on your arm.
    I've been seeing a therapist for three years now.
* (ergative) To be the setting or time of.
    The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration.
    1999 saw the release of many great films.
** 1995 June 3, David Sprague, “Buffalo Tom Reaches Crossroads: EastWest Trio At Make-Or-Break Point”, in Billboard, volume 107, number 22, page 9:It seems as if every passing year sees the mainstream embrace a longtime cult-favorite alternative rock band.
* (by extension) Chiefly followed by that: to ensure that something happens, especially by personally witnessing it.
    I'll see you hang for this
    I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
** 1765, William Blackstone, “Of Corporations”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book I (Of the Rights of Persons), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 469:As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee 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, page 52:'Don't worry. You won't lose out. I'll see 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”, in The Globe and Mail‎, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-17: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 will see that the opportunities flowing from the transformation dramatically exceed these costs.
* (transitive) To wait upon; attend, escort.
    I saw the old lady safely across the road.
    You can see yourself out.
** 2020, Rich Thompson, Jonny Robinson (lyrics and music), “Your Will Be Done”‎:And in this Name we overcome, for You shall see us safely home.
* (gambling, transitive) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
    I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
* To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
    I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
    You think I can't beat you in a race, eh? We'll see.
* (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
    Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual).
    For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
* To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
    Can I see that lighter for a second? Mine just quit working.
* To include as one of something's experiences.
    The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects.
    I saw military service in Vietnam.

##### Conjugation

$^†$ Archaic or obsolete.

##### Synonyms

* (perceive with the eyes): behold, descry, espy, observe, view
* (understand): follow, get, understand
* (date frequently): go out; see also Thesaurus:date

##### Derived terms

* aftersee
* all-seeing eye
* as far as the eye can see
* as far as the eye could see
* as I see it
* believing is seeing
* besee
* be seeing ya
* be seeing you
* children should be seen and not heard
* fancy seeing you here
* for all the world to see
* foresee, forsee
* from can see to can't see
* go-see
* half-seen
* happy to see someone
* have seen better days
* have seen one's day
* have seen one's last gum tree
* have seen this film
* have seen this movie
* how see
* I'd like to see someone try
* if I ever saw one
* if I've ever seen one
* if you see something, say something
* if you see what I mean
* I know it when I see it
* I like to see you try
* I'll be seeing you
* I'll see myself out
* ill-seen
* I'll see you and raise you
* insee
* I see
* I see it in someone's eyes
* I see what you did there
* I see you
* is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me
* lai see
* leave someone on seen
* let me see
* let's see
* let the dog see the rabbit
* long time no see
* lookers-on see most of the game
* look-see
* missee
* must-see
* no eye see
* no-see-um
* nothing to see
* not if I see you first
* not see for looking
* not see someone for dust
* not see straight
* nowhere to be seen
* now I've seen everything
* o-mok-see
* outsee
* oversee
* plain to see
* pre-see
* raise the flag and see who salutes
* remain to be seen
* see about
* see after
* see also
* see a man
* see a man about a dog
* see a man about a horse
* see an argument
* see a way clear to
* see a wolf
* see beyond
* see beyond the end of one's nose
* see beyond the tip of one's nose
* see-bright
* see coming
* see daylight
* see double
* see eye to eye
* see fit
* see for
* see for oneself
* see here
* see how
* see how the land lies
* see hum
* see if I care
* see in
* seeing as
* seeing-eye
* seeing eye ball
* seeing eye dog
* seeing is believing
* seeing stone
* seeing that
* seeing-to
* see into
* see into a millstone
* see mui
* see Naples and die
* see off
* see oneself out
* see one's way clear to
* see one's way to
* see out
* see over
* see past
* see past the end of one's nose
* see past the tip of one's nose
* see reason
* see red
* see-saw
* see-see
* see-see partridge
* see sense
* see service
* see shit
* see someone right
* see someone's etchings
* see something green in one's eye
* see stars
* see that
* see the back of
* see the dark side of the moon
* see the day
* see the elephant
* see the error of one's ways
* see the forest but for the trees
* see the forest for the trees
* see the forest through the trees
* see the glass half-empty
* see the glass half-full
* see the last of
* see the light
* see the light of day
* see the point
* see the same way
* see the trees through the forest
* see the way clear to
* see the wood for the trees
* see the woods for the trees
* see the world
* see things
* see through a millstone
* see-throughness
* see-through, see through
* see-thru
* see to
* see to it
* see what sticks
* see which way the cat jumps
* see with half an eye
* see ya
* see yellow
* see you
* see you around
* see you in hell
* see you in the funny pages
* see you in the funny papers
* see you Jimmy hat
* see you later
* see you later alligator
* see you next Thursday
* see you next Tuesday
* see you round
* see you soon
* see you tomorrow
* see you when I see you
* send it up the flagpole and see who salutes
* should see the other guy
* sight-see
* sight-seeing
* sip-and-see
* sip-and-see party
* suck it and see
* that which has been seen cannot be unseen
* there are none so blind as those who will not see
* there for everyone to see
* there's none so blind as those who will not see
* throw things at the wall and see what sticks
* titular see
* undersee
* unsee
* wait-and-see
* wait and see
* well-seen
* what has been seen cannot be unseen
* what-you-see-is-what-you-get
* what you see is what you get
* worth seeing
* wouldn't be seen dead
* you see

##### Translations

Abkhaz: абара (abara)
Afar: uble
Afrikaans: besien, sien (af)
Ahom: 𑜑𑜃𑜫 (han)
Aiton: ꩭꩫ် (han)
Akan: hu, hwɛ
Aklanon: kita'
Albanian: shoh (sq)
Ambonese Malay: lia
American Sign Language: V@Nose-PalmBack V@FromNose-PalmBack, K@Nose-PalmAcross K@FromNose-PalmAcross
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Apache:
Western Apache: yo’įį
Arabic: رَأَى (ar) (raʔā), عَايَنَ (ʕāyana)
Chadian Arabic: شاف (šāf)
Egyptian Arabic: شاف (šāf)
Hijazi Arabic: شاف (šāf)
Moroccan Arabic: شاف (šāf)
South Levantine Arabic: شاف (šāf)
Aragonese: veyer (an), beyer (an)
Aramaic: חזא (ḥaza)
Armenian: տեսնել (hy) (tesnel)
Aromanian: ved
Assamese: দেখা (dekha)
Asturian: ver (ast)
Atikamekw: wapatam
Aymara: uñaña
Azerbaijani: görmək (az)
Bahnar: 'bôh
Bashkir: күреү (kürew)
Basque: ikusi (eu)
Bavarian: sengan
Belarusian: ба́чыць impf (báčycʹ), уба́чыць pf (ubáčycʹ)
Belizean Creole: si
Bengali: দেখা (bn) (dekha)
Bouyei: ranl
Breton: gwelet (br)
Bulgarian: ви́ждам (bg) (víždam)
Burmese: တွေ့ (my) (twe.), မြင် (my) (mrang)
Buryat: хараха (xaraxa), үзэхэ (üzexe)
Carpathian Rusyn: ві́дїти impf (vídjity)
Catalan: veure (ca)
Central Sierra Miwok: šyl-ŋe-
Chechen: га (ga)
Cherokee: ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗ (agowadvdi)
Chichewa: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 見 / 见 (gin$^3$), 睇見 / 睇见 (tai$^2$ gin$^3$), 睇 (yue) (tai$^2$)
Dungan: җян (ži͡an)
Mandarin: 見 / 见 (zh) (jiàn), 看見 / 看见 (zh) (kànjiàn)
Chuukese: kuna
Chuvash: курма (kurma)
Classical Nahuatl: itta
Cornish: gweles
Crimean Tatar: körmek
Czech: vidět (cs)
Dalmatian: vedar
Danish: se (da)
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: zien (nl), aanschouwen (nl), bekijken (nl), bezien (nl)
Egyptian: (mꜣꜣ)
Elfdalian: sją̊
Esperanto: vidi (eo)
Estonian: nägema (et)
Even: иттэй (ittəj)
Evenki: ичэми (içəmi)
Ewe: kpɔ
Extremaduran: vél
Faroese: síggja (fo), sjá (fo)
Finnish: nähdä (fi), katsoa (fi)
French: voir (fr)
Middle French: veoir, vëoir
Old French: veoir, vëoir
Friulian: viodi
Galician: ver (gl)
Gallo: vér'
Georgian: ხედავს (xedavs)
German: sehen (de), schauen (de)
Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (saiƕan)
Greek: βλέπω (el) (vlépo)
Ancient: βλέπω (blépō), ὁράω (horáō), εἶδον (eîdon), ὀπτεύω (opteúō), δέρκομαι (dérkomai) (Epic), λεύσσω (leússō) (Epic)
Greenlandic: takunnippoq, isigisaqarpoq, takuaa
Guaraní: hecha
Gujarati: જોવું (jovũ)
Haitian Creole: wè
Hausa: gani
Hawaiian: ʻike
Hebrew: רָאָה (he) (ra'ah)
Hiligaynon: kita, magkita
Hindi: देखना (hi) (dekhnā)
Hungarian: lát (hu)
Icelandic: sjá (is), skynja
Ido: vidar (io)
Igbo: ihụ
Ilocano: kita
Indonesian: melihat, menyaksikan (id), menonton (id), memandang (id)
Ingush: го (go)
Interlingua: vider (ia)
Irish: feic
Old Irish: ad·cí
Istriot: vidi
Istro-Romanian: ved, vedu
Italian: vedere (it)
Iu Mien: buatc
Jamaican Creole: see
Japanese: 見る (ja) (みる, miru), ご覧になる (ja) (ごらんになる, go-ran ni naru) (honorific), 拝見する (はいけんする, haiken-suru) (humble)
Javanese: delok, tonton
Jeju: 보다 (boda)
Kabuverdianu: odja, oiá
Kabyle: ẓer
Kalmyk: үзх (üzx)
Kannada: ನೋಡು (kn) (nōḍu)
Kashmiri: وُچھُن (vuchun)
Kashubian: widzec
Kazakh: көру (kk) (köru), қарау (kk) (qarau)
Khakas: кӧрерге
Khiamniungan Naga: ēp
Khmer: ឃើញ (km) (khəəñ)
Kituba: mona, kumona
Konkani: दिशें (diśẽ)
Korean: 보다 (ko) (boda), (humble) 뵙다 (ko) (boepda)
Kristang: dá
Kumyk: гёрмек (görmek)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دیتن (dîtin), سەیر کردن (seyr kirdin)
Northern Kurdish: dîtin (ku)
Kyrgyz: көрүү (ky) (körüü)
Laboya: eta
Ladin: vedei, veder
Lao: ເຫັນ (hen)
Latgalian: redzēt
Latin: video (la), specto (la), specio (la), viso, visito
Latvian: redzēt (lv)
Lutuv: hmung
Ligurian: védde, véi
Lithuanian: matyti (lt), regėti
Lombard: vedè (lmo)
Low German: kieken (nds), ankieken (nds), seen, sehn
German Low German:
Paderbornisch: seihen
Luganda: -laba
Luxembourgish: gesinn
Macedonian: гледа (gleda)
Malay: lihat (ms), tengok (ms), nampak
Malayalam: കാണുക (ml) (kāṇuka)
Maltese: ra
Manx: faik
Maori: kite, pūrangiaho (to see clearly)
Marathi: पाहणे (mr) n (pāhṇe)
Mbyá Guaraní: exa
Middle Korean: 보다〮 (pwòtá)
Mirandese: ber, mirar
Mòcheno: sechen
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: үзэх (mn) (üzex), харах (mn) (xarax)
Nahuatl: itta (nah)
Nanai: ичэ- (iče-)
Navajo: yooʼį́
Neapolitan: veré, vedé
Ngarrindjeri: nak
Ngazidja Comorian: hwona
Ngunawal: nangi
Norman: vaie
Northern Ohlone: atemhimah
Northern Sami: oaidnit
Northern Thai: ᩉᩢ᩠ᨶ (han)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: se (no)
Nynorsk: sjå (nn)
Occitan: veire (oc)
Odia: ଦେଖିବା (or) (dekhibā)
Ojibwe: waabam (vta), waabandan (vti)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: видѣти impf (viděti), зьрѣти impf (zĭrěti)
Old English: ġesēon
Old Javanese: dĕlo, ton
Old Occitan: veder
Old Saxon: sehan, bisehan, gisehan, farsehan
Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰇𐰼 (kür² /⁠kör-⁠/)
Oromo: ilaaluu
Ossetian: уынын (wynyn)
Ottoman Turkish: گورمك (görmek)
Pannonian Rusyn: видзиц impf (vidzic), увидзиц pf (uvidzic)
Pashto: please add this translation if you can
Persian:
Dari: دِیدَن (dīdan)
Iranian Persian: دیدَن (didan)
Piedmontese: vëdde
Pipil: tachia, -ita
Polish: widzieć (pl), dostrzegać (pl)
Portuguese: ver (pt), enxergar (pt), olhar (pt)
Punjabi: ਵੇਖਣਾ (vekhṇā)
Quechua: rikuy, rikay
Romani: dikhel
Romanian: vedea (ro)
Romansch: vesair
Russian: ви́деть (ru) impf (vídetʹ), уви́деть (ru) pf (uvídetʹ)
Rwanda-Rundi: kubona
Saho: uble
Samoan: va'ai
Sanskrit: पश्यति (sa) (paśyati), चष्टे (sa) (caṣṭe)
Santali: ᱧᱮᱞ (ñel)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: biri
Scottish Gaelic: faic
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ви̏дети
Roman: vȉdeti (sh)
Seychellois Creole: vwar
Shan: ႁၼ် (shn) (hǎn)
Sicilian: vìdiri (scn)
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Skolt Sami: vueiʹnned
Slovak: vidieť (sk)
Slovene: videti (sl)
Somali: arkid
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wiźeś
Upper Sorbian: widźeć impf
Sotho: bona (st)
Southern Altai: кӧрӧр (körör)
Southern Sami: gïehtjedidh, vuartasjidh, vuejnedh
Spanish: ver (es), veer (es)
Sranan Tongo: syi
Sundanese: tingali
Swahili: kuona
Swedish: se (sv)
Sylheti: ꠖꠦꠈꠣ (dexá)
Tagalog: makita, tignan
Tai Dam: ꪹꪬꪸꪙ
Tai Nüa: ᥞᥢᥴ (hán)
Tajik: дидан (tg) (didan)
Tamil: பார் (ta) (pār)
Tarantino: vedè
Tatar: күрергә (tt) (kürergä), күрү (kürü)
Tausug: kita, kimita
Telugu: చూచు (te) (cūcu)
Tetum: haree
Thai: เห็น (th) (hěn), ดู (th) (duu), แล (th) (lɛɛ)
Tibetan: མཐོང (mthong), གཟིགས (gzigs) (honorific)
Tocharian A: läk-
Tocharian B: läk-
Tok Pisin: lukim
Tokelauan: kikila
Turkish: görmek (tr)
Turkmen: görmek
Tuvan: көөр (köör)
Udi: акӏсун (aḳsun)
Udmurt: адӟыны (addźyny)
Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎄𐎊 (ḥdy)
Ukrainian: ба́чити (uk) impf (báčyty), ви́діти impf (výdity) (dialectal)
Umbundu: okuvandja
Urdu: دیکْھنا (dekhnā)
Uyghur: كۆرمەك (körmek)
Uzbek: koʻrmoq (uz)
Venetan: védar
Vietnamese: nhìn thấy (vi), xem xét (vi), thấy (vi), xem (vi)
Volapük: logön (vo)
Wakhi: win-
Wallisian: please add this translation if you can
Walloon: vey (wa), vir (wa)
Welsh: gweld (cy)
West Frisian: sjen (fy)
White Hmong: pom
Wolof: gis (wo)
Xhosa: ukubona
Yagnobi: венак (venak)
Yakut: көр (kör)
Yámana: tiki
Yiddish: זען (zen)
Yoruba: rí, ríran
Yurok: new, newook'
Zazaki: dîyayîş, vînayîş
Zealandic: zieë
Zhuang: raen
Zulu: -bona
Zyphe: hmuh
ǃKung: siŋ
ǃXóõ: ǀnâã :
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#### Interjection

see
* 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
#### See also

* look
* sight
* watch

### Etymology 2

From Middle English se, see, from Old French sie (“seat, throne; town, capital; episcopal see”), from Latin sedes (“seat”), referring to the bishop's throne or chair (compare seat of power) in the cathedral; related to the Latin verb sedere (“to sit”).

#### Noun

see (plural sees)
* A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
    Hyponyms: bishopric, archbishopric
* The office of a bishop or archbishop.
    Hyponyms: bishopric, archbishopric
* A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 478:Ioue laught on Venus from his ſouerayne ſee

##### Derived terms

* Holy See

##### Related terms

* seat
* sedentary
* sit

##### Translations
#### See also

* cathedra
* cathedral
* chair
* throne

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

see (plural sees)
* Alternative form of cee; the name of the Latin-script letter C/c.
** 1881 April, J. B. Rundell, “The Irregularities of English Spelling: what they Cost and what they are Worth”, in The Spelling Reformer, and Journal of the English Spelling Reform Association, volume I, number 10, London, page 147:see, ar, eye, ee, ess, cries
** 1984, Eva Holmquist, No Certain Time, Libra Publishers, →ISBN, page 17:They were still shocked if you said “eff you see kay” out loud, though it didn’t stop any of them from doing it.
** 1996, Sycamore Review, volume 8, page 116:eff you see kay why oh you.
** 2009, Eric Barnes, Shimmer, Denver, Colo.: Unbridled Books, →ISBN, page 91: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 Eff See nuggers?”
** 2023, Callum McSorley, chapter 15, in Squeaky Clean, Pushkin Press, →ISBN:Same old answer: the eff-you-see-kay-you-pee.

##### Derived terms

* seetee

### Further reading

* see on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* -ese, ESE, Ese, ees, ese

## Afrikaans
### Alternative forms

* sé (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Dutch zee, from Middle Dutch sêe, from Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɪə/, /zɪə/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

see (plural seë)
* sea
    Laasweek het ons see toe gegaan.Last week we went to the sea.
    Die trekvoëls vlieg oor die berge, oor die see, Lapland toe.The migratory birds are flying over the mountains, over the sea, to Sápmi.

#### Derived terms

* seekoei
* seesout
* seevis
* seevoël
* seewater

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *se, ultimately from Proto-Uralic *śe. cognate to Finnish se, Votic se, Erzya се (se, “this, that”), Northern Khanty си (si, “that over yonder; now, then”), and Nganasan [script needed] (sete, “he, she”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈseː/, [ˈseː]

### Pronoun

see (genitive selle, partitive seda)
* this
* that
* it
* (colloquial, somewhat rude) he, she (usually only used when said person is not present)

#### Usage notes

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.

#### Derived terms

* seal
* sealt
* sinna

#### See also

* too

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈseː/, [ˈs̠e̞ː]
* Rhymes: -eː
* Hyphenation: see

### Etymology 1

Compare Swedish ce, English cee, both ultimately from Latin cē with the c sound changed from a /k/ to a /s/ as is a common change in languages using the Latin alphabet.

#### Alternative forms

* cee

#### Noun

see
* cee (The name of the Latin-script letter C/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, page 23:Luemme kirjaimet näin: aa bee see 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 ööWe read the letters as follows: aa bee see …

##### Usage notes

* Speakers often use the corresponding forms of c-kirjain (“letter C, letter c”) instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural. The plural forms may get confused with sei (“saithe”).

##### Declension

Possessive forms of see (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seeni
seeni
accusative
nom.
seeni
seeni
gen.
seeni
genitive
seeni
seideni seitteni
partitive
seetäni
seitäni
inessive
seessäni
seissäni
elative
seestäni
seistäni
illative
seeheni
seihini
adessive
seelläni
seilläni
ablative
seeltäni
seiltäni
allative
seelleni
seilleni
essive
seenäni
seinäni
translative
seekseni
seikseni
abessive
seettäni
seittäni
instructive
comitative
—seineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seesi
seesi
accusative
nom.
seesi
seesi
gen.
seesi
genitive
seesi
seidesi seittesi
partitive
seetäsi
seitäsi
inessive
seessäsi
seissäsi
elative
seestäsi
seistäsi
illative
seehesi
seihisi
adessive
seelläsi
seilläsi
ablative
seeltäsi
seiltäsi
allative
seellesi
seillesi
essive
seenäsi
seinäsi
translative
seeksesi
seiksesi
abessive
seettäsi
seittäsi
instructive
comitative
—seinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seemme
seemme
accusative
nom.
seemme
seemme
gen.
seemme
genitive
seemme
seidemme seittemme
partitive
seetämme
seitämme
inessive
seessämme
seissämme
elative
seestämme
seistämme
illative
seehemme
seihimme
adessive
seellämme
seillämme
ablative
seeltämme
seiltämme
allative
seellemme
seillemme
essive
seenämme
seinämme
translative
seeksemme
seiksemme
abessive
seettämme
seittämme
instructive
comitative
—seinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seenne
seenne
accusative
nom.
seenne
seenne
gen.
seenne
genitive
seenne
seidenne seittenne
partitive
seetänne
seitänne
inessive
seessänne
seissänne
elative
seestänne
seistänne
illative
seehenne
seihinne
adessive
seellänne
seillänne
ablative
seeltänne
seiltänne
allative
seellenne
seillenne
essive
seenänne
seinänne
translative
seeksenne
seiksenne
abessive
seettänne
seittänne
instructive
comitative
—seinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seensä
seensä
accusative
nom.
seensä
seensä
gen.
seensä
genitive
seensä
seidensä seittensä
partitive
seetään seetänsä
seitään seitänsä
inessive
seessään seessänsä
seissään seissänsä
elative
seestään seestänsä
seistään seistänsä
illative
seehensä
seihinsä
adessive
seellään seellänsä
seillään seillänsä
ablative
seeltään seeltänsä
seiltään seiltänsä
allative
seelleen seellensä
seilleen seillensä
essive
seenään seenänsä
seinään seinänsä
translative
seekseen seeksensä
seikseen seiksensä
abessive
seettään seettänsä
seittään seittänsä
instructive
comitative
—seineen seinensä :

##### Synonyms

* c-kirjain

### Etymology 2

< seitsemän

#### Numeral

see (colloquial)
* (counting) seven

#### See also

* seitsemän (“seven”)

### Etymology 3

Compare Estonian see.

#### Pronoun

see (dialectal, rare)
* (Southwest Finnish) Alternative form of se.

### Anagrams

* ees

## Friulian
### Alternative forms

* siee

### Etymology

From the verb seâ. Compare Italian sega, Venetan siega, French scie.

### Noun

see f (plural seis)
* saw

## Ingrian
### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈseː/, [ˈs̠eː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈseː/, [ˈʃe̝ː]
* Rhymes: -eː
* Hyphenation: see

### Pronoun

see
* (dialectal) Alternative form of se
** 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

see
* (dialectal) Alternative form of se

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 514

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

### Noun

sêe f or m
* sea

#### Descendants

* Dutch: zee f
** Afrikaans: see
** Berbice Creole Dutch: sei
** Javindo: see
** Negerhollands: see
** → Saramaccan: zé
** → Sranan Tongo: se
* Limburgish: zieë f
* West Flemish: zji m or f, zêe

### Further reading

* “see”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “see (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

#### Alternative forms

* ce, sæ, se, sea, sei, ze

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛː/, /seː/
* Rhymes: -ɛː

#### Noun

see (plural sees)
* sea, ocean
* A body of water, a lake

##### Related terms

* Rede See
* seeman

##### Descendants

* English: sea
* Scots: se, see, sey, seye, sie
* Yola: zea, zee

##### References

* “sē, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French sei, from Latin sedes.

#### Alternative forms

* ce, cee, se

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seː/
* Rhymes: -eː

#### Noun

see (plural sees)
* seat, chair
* dwelling, residence
* A royal or episcopal chair
* A royal or episcopal polity or realm
* A royal or episcopal residence
* (Christianity) The Kingdom of Heaven.

##### Descendants

* English: see

##### References

* “sē, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.

## North Frisian
### Etymology 1

From Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi. Cognates include Dutch zee.

#### Noun

see f
* (Heligoland) sea

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German See m (“lake”), ultimately the same word as above. See sia for more.

#### Noun

see m (plural seen)
* Alternative form of sia m (“lake”)

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* sie, sey, sei

### Etymology

From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan. Cognate with English see.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsi]
* (Coast Scots) IPA: [ˈsəi̯]

### Verb

see (third-person singular simple present sees, present participle seein, simple past saw, seed, past participle seen)
* to see

#### References

* ↑ “see, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

## Tetum
### Verb

see
* to turn, to present

## Votic
### Alternative forms

* se

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *se, from Proto-Uralic *śe.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈseː/, [ˈseː]
* Rhymes: -eː
* Hyphenation: see
** (rapid speech) IPA: [ˈse]

### Pronoun

see
* (demonstrative) that
* (demonstrative) ít

#### See also
## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seː/

### Noun

see c (plural seeën, diminutive seeke)
* sea

#### Derived terms

* seehûn
* seeko
* seerôver

#### Further reading

* “see”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011