SINCE 1828
all-seeing
adjective
all-see·ing
| \ (ˈ)ȯl-¦sē-iŋ
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Definition of all-seeing
: able to see or detect everything that is present or happening
an all-seeing deity an all-seeing surveillance system He shows that the Gestapo was no all-seeing Orwellian presence terrorizing citizens into compliance.— David Gates, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2000
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