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The synonyms of “See” are: attend, look, take care, construe, interpret, visit, catch, take in, view, watch, discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, date, go out, go steady, ascertain, check, determine, find, witness, experience, go through, assure, control, ensure, insure, see to it, come across, encounter, meet, run across, run into, escort, realise, realize, understand, envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, visualise, visualize, examine, consider, reckon, regard, discern, perceive, glimpse, catch a glimpse of, get a glimpse of, spot, notice, catch sight of, sight, look at, observe, grasp, comprehend, follow, appreciate, recognize, work out, get the drift of, make out, conceive, fathom, fathom out, become cognizant of, get to know, establish, think of, deem, judge, count, take, believe to be, foresee, predict, forecast, prophesy, prognosticate, anticipate, envisage, meet by chance, stumble across, stumble on, happen on, chance on, meet by arrangement, meet up with, get together with, have a meeting, have meetings, meet socially, make a date with, go out with, be dating, take out, be someone's boyfriend, be someone's girlfriend, keep company with, go with, be with, court, have a fling with, have an affair with, dally with, consult, confer with, talk to, speak to, seek advice from, seek information from, call in, take counsel from, have recourse to, turn to, ask, interview, give an interview to, give a consultation to, give an audience to, give a hearing to, receive, accompany, show, walk, conduct, lead, usher, guide, shepherd
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “see” as a verb can have the following definitions:
accompany | Go somewhere with (someone) as a companion or escort. He would play his violin and Mother used to accompany him on our organ. |
anticipate | Look forward to. He anticipated Bates s theories on mimicry and protective coloration. |
appreciate | Recognize the full worth of. I d appreciate any information you could give me. |
ascertain | Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort. An attempt to ascertain the cause of the accident. |
ask | Require or ask for as a price or condition. Aren t we asking too much of these children. |
assure | Assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence. The sum assured can be paid as a lump sum. |
attend | Give practical help and care to; look after. The severely wounded had two medics to attend to their wounds. |
be dating | Have life, be alive. |
be someone's boyfriend | Form or compose. |
be someone's girlfriend | Be identical or equivalent to. |
be with | Spend or use time. |
become cognizant of | Undergo a change or development. |
believe to be | Credit with veracity. |
call in | Challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense. |
catch | Succeed in catching or seizing especially after a chase. He bellowed something Jess couldn t catch. |
catch a glimpse of | Spread or be communicated. |
catch sight of | Contract. |
chance on | Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. |
check | Place into check. Phone us to check the availability of your chosen holiday. |
come across | Reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position. |
comprehend | To become aware of through the senses. Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter. |
conceive | Become pregnant; undergo conception. A brilliantly conceived and executed robbery. |
conduct | Transmit a form of energy such as heat or electricity by conduction. She cannot conduct modern pieces. |
confer with | Have a conference in order to talk something over. |
consider | Show consideration for take into account. Please consider your family. |
construe | Analyse the syntax of (a text, sentence, or word. His words could hardly be construed as an apology. |
consult | Advise professionally. They had to consult before arriving at a decision. |
control | Control others or oneself or influence skillfully usually to one s advantage. She is a very controlling mother and doesn t let her children grow up. |
count | Take account of. The staff has shrunk to four or five if you count the European director. |
court | Risk incurring (misfortune) because of one’s behaviour. He never had to court the approval of the political elite. |
dally with | Behave carelessly or indifferently. |
date | Assign a date to determine the probable date of. They date the paintings to 1460 70. |
deem | Regard or consider in a specified way. The strike was deemed to be illegal. |
determine | Find out learn or determine with certainty usually by making an inquiry or other effort. It will be her mental attitude that determines her future. |
discern | Recognize or find out. She could faintly discern the shape of a skull. |
discover | Discover or determine the existence presence or fact of. It was a relief to discover that he wasn t in. |
encounter | Meet (someone) unexpectedly. We have encountered one small problem. |
ensure | Make certain of. The client must ensure that accurate records are kept. |
envisage | Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event. The Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers. |
envision | Picture to oneself; imagine possible. I cannot envision him as President. |
establish | Build or establish something abstract. The police established that the two passports were forgeries. |
examine | Question or examine thoroughly and closely. The customs agent examined the baggage. |
experience | Undergo or live through a difficult experience. Experience vertigo. |
fancy | Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for. Fancy meeting all those television actors. |
fathom | Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line. He couldn t fathom why she was being so anxious. |
fathom out | Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line. |
figure | Think, consider, or expect to be the case. Well she supposed that figured. |
find | Come upon after searching find the location of something that was missed or lost. Phobia sufferers often find themselves virtual prisoners in their own home. |
find out | Succeed in reaching; arrive at. |
follow | Accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of. When he lectures I cannot follow. |
forecast | Judge to be probable. Coal consumption in Europe is forecast to increase. |
foresee | Be aware of beforehand; predict. It is impossible to foresee how life will work out. |
get a glimpse of | Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot. |
get a line | Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. |
get the drift of | Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes. |
get to know | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract. |
get together with | Achieve a point or goal. |
get wind | Go or come after and bring or take back. |
get word | Move into a desired direction of discourse. |
give a consultation to | Cause to happen or be responsible for. |
give a hearing to | Give food to. |
give an audience to | Convey or reveal information. |
give an interview to | Estimate the duration or outcome of something. |
glimpse | Catch a glimpse of or see briefly. We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine. |
go out | Be awarded; be allotted. |
go out with | Be or continue to be in a certain condition. |
go steady | Move away from a place into another direction. |
go through | Go through in search of something search through someone s belongings in an unauthorized way. |
go with | Stop operating or functioning. |
grasp | Seize and hold firmly. Many companies grasped the opportunity to expand. |
guide | Use as a guide. His life was guided by his religious beliefs. |
happen on | Chance to be or do something, without intention or causation. |
have a fling with | Suffer from; be ill with. |
have a meeting | Have a personal or business relationship with someone. |
have an affair with | Be confronted with. |
have meetings | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly. |
have recourse to | Be confronted with. |
hear | Examine or hear evidence or a case by judicial process. We must hear the expert before we make a decision. |
image | Imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind. It is possible for us to image a society in which no one committed crime. |
insure | Secure or protect someone against (a possible contingency. The company had insured itself against a fall of the dollar. |
interpret | Give an interpretation or rendition of. The evidence is difficult to interpret. |
interview | Hold an interview with someone. Police are keen to interview two men seen nearby. |
judge | Judge tentatively or form an estimate of quantities or time. It is hard to judge whether such opposition is justified. |
keep company with | Retain possession of. |
lead | Lead as in the performance of a composition. There will be specific areas or skills in which other nations lead the world. |
learn | Commit to memory learn by heart. We learn from experience. |
look | Of a building or room have an outlook in a specified direction. He thought she wasn t looking. |
look at | Convey by one’s expression. |
make a date with | Eliminate urine. |
make out | Engage in. |
meet | Fill satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction. Icebergs are created when glaciers meet the sea. |
meet by arrangement | Fill or meet a want or need. |
meet by chance | Fill or meet a want or need. |
meet socially | Get to know; get acquainted with. |
meet up with | Undergo or suffer. |
notice | Notice or perceive. He noticed the youths behaving suspiciously. |
observe | Observe with care or pay close attention to. A stockbroker once observed that dealers live and work in hell. |
perceive | Interpret or regard (someone or something) in a particular way. She finally perceived the futility of her protest. |
pick up | Eat intermittently; take small bites of. |
picture | Represent in a photograph or picture. He is pictured with party guests. |
predict | Make a prediction about tell in advance. It is too early to predict a result. |
prognosticate | Foretell or prophesy (a future event. The economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon. |
project | Draw a projection of. Men may sometimes project their own fears on to women. |
prophesy | Predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration. Jacques was prophesying a bumper harvest. |
realise | Convert into cash; of goods and property. |
realize | Use (a linguistic feature) in a particular spoken or written form. He realized all the assets in her trust fund. |
receive | Receive a specified treatment abstract. He failed to find a magistrate to receive his oath. |
reckon | Expect to do a particular thing. He reckons that the army should pull out entirely. |
recognize | Detect with the senses. The defence is recognized in British law. |
regard | Gaze at steadily in a particular way. Professor Ryker regarded him with a faint smile. |
run across | Cause something to pass or lead somewhere. |
run into | Travel a route regularly. |
see to it | Perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight. |
seek advice from | Try to get or reach. |
seek information from | Go to or towards. |
shepherd | Tend sheep as a shepherd. Although the sheep are shepherded they re generally only counted when we bring them in. |
show | Show in or as in a picture. He urged his soldiers to show no mercy. |
sight | Take aim by looking through the sights of a gun. Even when using binoculars it is difficult to sight the lens angle in reverse. |
speak to | Express in speech. |
spot | Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition. Some people collect stamps or spot trains. |
stumble across | Make an error. |
stumble on | Make an error. |
take | Occupy or take on. This box won t take all the items. |
take care | Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards. |
take counsel from | Buy, select. |
take in | Take into one s possession. |
take out | Be capable of holding or containing. |
talk to | Use language. |
think of | Use or exercise the mind or one’s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments. |
turn to | Cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics. |
understand | Be understanding of. I don t understand the idea. |
usher | Take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums. The railways ushered in an era of cheap mass travel. |
view | Look at or inspect. Some people record the programme and view it later on their VCR. |
visit | Pay a brief visit. Offences were visited with the loss of eyes or ears. |
visualise | Imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind. |
visualize | Make visible. Mathematicians often visualize. |
walk | Allow or enable a batter to walk. The lovers held hands while walking. |
watch | See or watch. Credit card fraud is on the increase so watch out. |
witness | Be a witness to. The nuclear family is a vulnerable institution witness the rates of marital breakdown. |
work out | Arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion. |
behold | See or observe (someone or something, especially of remarkable or impressive nature. Behold Christ. |
beholder | A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses. The building and landscape can elicit imaginative responses from the beholder. |
discovered | Discovered or determined by scientific observation. The discovered behavior norms. |
experimenter | A person who tries out new ideas, methods, or activities. Early experimenters with structure and harmony. |
eye | The region of the face surrounding the eyes. Rose eyed him warily. |
find | Get or find back recover the use of. He made his most spectacular finds in the Valley of the Kings. |
look | Look forward to the probable occurrence of. The bedraggled look of the village. |
lookout | Used to indicate whether a likely outcome is good or bad. What if he gets fits It s a bad lookout in that case. |
macroscopic | Visible to the naked eye; not microscopic. |
microscopy | Research with the use of microscopes. |
observant | Paying close attention especially to details. An observant Jew. |
observation | The act of noticing or paying attention. His powers of observation. |
observatory | A position or building that gives an extensive view. |
observe | Observe with care or pay close attention to. A minute s silence will be observed. |
observer | An expert who observes and comments on something. To a casual observer he was at peace. |
observing | Quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception. |
optical | (of a device) requiring electromagnetic radiation for its operation. He pushed his opticals on to the bridge of his nose. |
percipient | A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses. A percipient author. |
phantasm | A ghostly appearing figure. Every phantasm of a hope was quickly nullified. |
sight | Catch sight of to perceive with the eyes. A sight test. |
spectacle | A blunder that makes you look ridiculous used in the phrase make a spectacle of yourself. The show is pure spectacle. |
spectator | A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind. The spectators applauded the performance. |
telescope | Crush (a vehicle) by the force of an impact. My hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack. |
telescopic | Relating to or made with a telescope. Telescopic vision. |
viewer | An optical device for viewing photographic transparencies. Television viewers. |
visibility | The distance one can see as determined by light and weather conditions. A windshield with good visibility. |
visible | Visible imports or exports. A visible object. |
visual | Relating to or using sight. Visual navigation. |
watch | See or watch. This movie s an engrossing watch. |
witness | Be a witness to. They will be able to give witness of their faith and confidence in God. |
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