seen

Definition of seennext
past participle of see
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as in experienced
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

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as in visited
to make a social call upon you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon

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Recent Examples of seen In one of the videos, a policeman is seen repeatedly shooting the attacker, who is lying on the street, only to later slowly collapse himself to the ground. — Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026 According to Larsen, Brisk was dressed in hunting gear, but his gun was nowhere to be seen. — Cbs Minnesota, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026 In one video, a policeman is seen repeatedly shooting the attacker, who is lying on the street, only to later slowly collapse to the ground himself. — Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026 Lifeless bodies could be seen scattered around the streets after the attack. — Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2026 Notre Dame’s defense is the best Miami has seen, but in a game where the Canes may have to chase, Mensah should get plenty of volume. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026 He’s described as 6-foot-2 and was last seen wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and Timberland boots, the source said. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026 Groups of young people were seen dancing with music pounding through the crowd as meters away tear gas billowed into the air. — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 Our tip to styling this trend for a more modern ensemble is to mix yummy textures (like buttery suedes, sleek silks, and soft shearlings), as seen in the collections of Altuzarra, Bottega Veneta, and Khaite. — InStyle, 24 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seen
Verb
  • Year after year, Suni noticed that one species of bee, the champion’s orchid bee, seemed to shift color from blue-green to orange-red.
    — Connie Hanzhang Jin, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Alabama kickoff specialist Lorcan Quinn from Donaghmore, Northern Ireland, laid fiber-optic cable and poured concrete for work before being noticed in a local kicking contest and making his way to the SEC.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Codex pushes Git to its limits OpenAI’s monorepo experienced a sharp increase in development activity over the past year.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • For Sallam, the film grew out of a broader conviction that history is most powerful when experienced through individual lives.
    — Essie Assibu, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • In recent months, our team has heard remarkably consistent requests from enterprises preparing to put voice AI agents on their customer-facing numbers.
    — Satish Barot, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • According to The Times, the court heard that Bayles and another member of Brand’s entourage, Gareth Roy, said the comedian would only continue working if the complainant gave him a massage.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Since Adebayo’s arrival in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft out of Kentucky, Haslem sensed that the chase would be on, as Adebayo kept hoarding boards and Haslem slowed toward retirement.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But from the first lob Kessler caught from the star guard — when the team was playing pick up during a five-day trip in Slovenia this summer — the 25-year-old Atlanta native sensed something special building.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
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  • Ferrando has visited Sacramento each year for the last decade.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • But with the desert in bloom, 15,000 tourists have visited over the last few weeks alone.
    — John Bartlett, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Nancy was an actress best known for her TV roles in the 1960s, including Athena on The Beverly Hillbillies and Tersa on The Wild Wild West.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Led by scientists at Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, the team investigated a kind of bone cell that detects mechanical forces, known as osteocytes.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Written with usual suspects Dan Nigro and Amy Allen, it’s accompanied by a music video starring Saturday Night Live’s Ben Marshall as Rodrigo’s boo, and Cynthia Nixon as his mom.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Coca Cola collection will be accompanied by an ad campaign photographed by Ellen von Unwerth.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
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  • Saturday Night Live host, actor and comedian Druski starred in a sketch that imagined a prelude to You Can See Everything, the metadocumentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Her parents could never have imagined on February 27, 1932, just how much their newborn baby would achieve artistically.
    — Estrella Albendea Ruiz, Vanity Fair, 7 Nov. 2026

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“Seen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seen. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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