Definition of "see" in Englisch

verb

(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To see us, you'd think we've been married for years, but actually just met a few months ago.
To form a mental picture of.
(social) To meet, to visit.
(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.
(by extension) 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.
(transitive) To wait upon; attend, escort.
- I saw the old lady safely across the road.
- You can see yourself out.
(gambling, transitive) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
- I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
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.
(used in the imperative) 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.
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.
To include as one of something's experiences.
- The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects.
- I saw military service in Vietnam.

interjection

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

A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
The office of a bishop or archbishop.