Definition of "see" in Anglais

verb

1. (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.

2. To form a mental picture of.

3. (social) To meet, to visit.

4. (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.

5. (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.

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

   • I saw the old lady safely across the road.
   • You can see yourself out.

7. (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.

8. 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.

9. (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.

10. 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.

11. 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

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, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.

2. The office of a bishop or archbishop.