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Definition of SEE

1

to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes <out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods>

Synonyms behold, catch, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, sight, spot, spy, view, witness

Related Words identify, make out, pick out, pick up; attend (to), consider, heed, mark, mind; study, watch; examine, inspect, scan, scrutinize, survey; glance (at), glimpse, peer (at)

Phrases get a load of [slang], lay eyes on, set eyes on

Near Antonyms disregard, ignore, neglect, overpass, pass over; miss, overlook

2

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it <a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier>

Synonyms endure, feel, have, know, pass, see, suffer, sustain, taste, undergo, witness

Related Words encounter, meet; accept, receive; assimilate, digest

3

to come to an awareness of <I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about>

Synonyms ascertain, catch on (to), find out, get on (to), hear, learn, realize, see, wise (up)

Related Words hit (on or upon), tumble (to); descry, detect, encounter, espy, see, spot; calculate, dope (out), figure out, find, puzzle (out); discern, mind, note, observe, perceive; divine

Near Antonyms miss, overlook; disregard, ignore; forget, unlearn; blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, enshroud, hide, mask, occult, screen, shroud, veil

4

to have a vague awareness of <I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home>

Synonyms perceive, scent, see, sense, smell, taste

Related Words behold, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, sight, spy, view, witness; ascertain, catch on (to), discover, find out, hear, learn, realize; anticipate, divine, expect, foreknow, foresee; assume, conjecture, guess, presume, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect

5

to make a social call upon <you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon>

Synonyms call (on or upon), drop in (on), see

Related Words look up, seek (out); drop by

Near Antonyms brush (aside or off), cold-shoulder, ignore, snub

6

to have a clear idea of <I see your point>

Synonyms appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand

Related Words absorb, digest, take in; realize; fathom, penetrate, pierce

Near Antonyms misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand

Antonyms miss

7

to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship <thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door>

Synonyms attend, chaperone (or chaperon), companion, company, convoy, escort, see, squire

Related Words walk; associate, consort, pal (around), team (up); defend, guard, protect; bring, conduct, guide, lead, pilot, steer, usher; follow, shadow, tag, tag along, tail; hang (around), hover (over)

Near Antonyms abandon, desert, ditch, dump, forsake

8

to form a mental picture of <I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all>

Synonyms conceit [chiefly dialect], conceive, conjure (up), dream, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, fantasy, feature, ideate, image, picture, see, vision, visualize

Related Words daydream, stargaze; hallucinate; re-create, reflect, relive, reminisce; contemplate, meditate, muse, ponder, ruminate; concoct, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, plan, project; foresee, prefigure