see
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
How often you will meet it
Rank 75 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 332,739 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.158% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight You have to be a good observer to see all the detailsCan you see the bird in that tree?
- perceive (an idea or situation) mentally also: understand, realize, realise Now I see!I just can't see your point
- perceive or be contemporaneous with also: witness, find We found Republicans winning the officesYou'll see a lot of cheating in this school
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind also: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, figure I can't see him on horseback!I can see what will happen
- deem to be also: consider, reckon, view, regard She views this quite differently from meI consider her to be shallow
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally also: learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out I learned that she has two grown-up childrenI see that you have been promoted
see in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie!
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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They could see the two ponies hitched at the front gate.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Christian looked up, and closed her eyes again in a passive hopelessness sad to see.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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People stand up in the carriages, women and men; the fence is loaded with people, often standing, too, to see that tree.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1