see

verb

1. (transitive)To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.

   “Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path.[…]It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.”

   “But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.”

   “To see us, you'd think we've been married for years, but actually just met a few months ago.”

2. (transitive)To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.

   “Now I've seen it all!”

   “I'm seeing much better since I got my eyeglasses recalibrated.”

   “I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have sent me.”

   “Uerely, verely I ſay vnto you, If a man keepe my ſaying, hee ſhall neuer ſee death.”

   “[…] And remember this, 'scape-gallows,' said Ralph, menacing him with his hand, 'that if we meet again, and you so much as notice me by one begging gesture, you shall see the inside of a jail once more […]”

3. (transitive)To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.

   “I saw the latest Tarantino flick last week.”

4. To form a mental picture of.

   “It is not just that we see birds as little versions of ourselves. It is also that, at the same time, they stand outside any moral process. They are utterly indifferent. This absolute oblivion on their part, this lack of sharing, is powerful.”

   “The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).”

5. (figuratively)To form a mental picture of.

   “Do you see what I mean?”

   “Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic[…]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become.[…]But the scandals kept coming[…]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.”

6. To form a mental picture of.

   “They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.”

7. (transitive)To form a mental picture of.

   “The oracle saw the destruction of the city.”

   “I can't see me lovin' nobody but you / For all my life / When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue / For all my life”

8. To form a mental picture of.

   “You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real father.”

   “You're not welcome here any more, see?”

9. To meet, to visit.

   “You'd better see about that with the boss.”

   “And Samuel came no more to ſee Saul vntill the day of his death: neuertheleſſe, Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king ouer Iſrael.”

10. To meet, to visit.

    “I've been seeing her for two months.”

    “"You're... remarrying? I didn't even know you were seeing someone. And she's going to live here?"”

11. To meet, to visit.

    “You should see a doctor about that rash on your arm.”

    “I've been seeing a therapist for three years now.”

12. (ergative)To be the setting or time of.

    “The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration.”

    “1999 saw the release of many great films.”

    “It seems as if every passing year sees the mainstream embrace a longtime cult-favorite alternative rock band.”

13. (broadly)Chiefly followed by that: to ensure that something happens, especially by personally witnessing it.

    “I'll see you hang for this”

    “I was at the docks seeing that the goods got properly unloaded.”

    “I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.”

    “As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: […]”

    “'Don't worry. You won't lose out. I'll see you get your share of the action. If not now, later.'”

14. (transitive)To wait upon; attend, escort.

    “I saw the old lady safely across the road.”

    “You can see yourself out.”

    “And in this Name we overcome, for You shall see us safely home.”

15. (transitive)To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.

    “I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.”

16. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).

    “I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.”

    “You think I can't beat you in a race, eh? We'll see.”

    “Look to see if these jeans still fit you.”

17. To reference or to study for further details.

    “Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual).”

    “For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.”

18. To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.

    “Can I see that lighter for a second? Mine just quit working.”

19. To include as one of something's experiences.

    “The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects.”

    “I saw military service in Vietnam.”

intj

1. Introducing an explanation

   “See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.”

noun

1. A diocese or archdiocese: a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
2. The office of a bishop or archbishop.
3. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign, autonomous, or autocephalous power is exercised.

   “Ioue laught on Venus from his ſouerayne ſee”

4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of cee; the name of the Latin script letter C/c.

   “see, ar, eye, ee, ess, cries”

   “They were still shocked if you said “eff you see kay” out loud, though it didn’t stop any of them from doing it.”

   “eff you see kay why oh you.”

   “I hear you. But hear me out, all right? Because I mean what I’m about to say. Eff-you-see-kay-why-oh-you. Fuck you.”

   “Her mother said, “Maybe you can have ‘Muck Donnas’, or we could have fish and chips.” Krissy shook her head, “Nah. We no have fwishenchit. We have Kay Eff See nuggers?””

5. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of see.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of single-event effect (a temporary or permanent fault caused by an ionizing radiation particle or ray striking a computer chip).
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Signed Exact English.

name

1. A surname.
2. A surname.
3. A surname.