1. Perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
   "He is blind — he cannot see"; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"
    
2. Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
   "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point";
   - understand, realize, realise [Brit]
    
3. Perceive or think about in a particular way; deem to be
   "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do";
   - consider, reckon, view, regard
    
4. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
   "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen";
   - visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, project, fancy, figure, picture, image
    
5. Look at and follow all (or part of) something being shown or performed
   "see a movie";
   - watch, view, catch, take in
    
6. 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"; "Watch and see what happens with the experiment";
   - determine, check, find out, ascertain, watch, learn
    
7. Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
   "I see that you have been promoted";
   - learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line [informal], discover
    
8. Perceive or be contemporaneous with
   "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results";
   - witness, find
    
9. Talk to and get advice or help from a professional
   "You should see a lawyer"; "We had to see a psychiatrist"
    
10. Visit socially
    "I went to see my friend Mary the other day"
     
11. Go to see a place, as for entertainment
    "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning";
    - visit
     
12. Accidentally be in the same place and interact with (someone)
    "How nice to see you again!";
    - meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, bump into
     
13. Take charge of or deal with
    "Could you see about lunch?";
    - attend, take care, look
     
14. Carefully verify or confirm something
    "see that all doors are locked before leaving";
    - check, insure, ensure, ascertain, make sure, make certain
     
15. See and understand, have a good eye
    "The artist must first learn to see"
     
16. Make sense of; assign a meaning to
    "What message do you see in this letter?";
    - interpret, construe
     
17. Observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
    "I must see your passport before you can enter the country";
    - examine
     
18. Observe as if with an eye
    "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it"
     
19. Date regularly; have a steady relationship with
    "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?";
    - go steady, go out, date
     
20. Deliberate or decide
    "See whether you can come tomorrow"; "let's see — which movie should we see tonight?"
     
21. Undergo or live through a difficult experience
    "he saw action in Viet Nam";
    - experience, go through
     
22. Conduct someone someplace
    "I'll see you to the door";
    - escort
     
23. Receive as a specified guest
    "the doctor will see you now"; "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon"
     
24. (card game) match or meet
    "I saw the bet of one of my fellow players"

1. The seat within a bishop's diocese where the bishop's cathedral is located
   "The bishop's see was located in the historic part of the city"

Sounds like: scion, Sioea

Derived forms: seen, seeing, saw, sees

Type of: accompany, act, affiliate, associate, assort, believe, bet, call, call in, care, cerebrate, cogitate, comprehend, conceive, conceive of, consider, consort, debate, deliberate, detect, discover, envisage, experience, find, give care, have, ideate [informal], imagine, invite, moot, move, notice, observe, perceive, play, receive, seat, take in, think, tour, turn over, undergo, understand, verify, visit, wager, watch

Part of: bishopric, diocese, episcopate

Encyclopedia: See, amid the Winter's Snow