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- [see-ing]
- /ˈsi ɪŋ/
- /siː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [see-ing]
- /ˈsi ɪŋ/
Definitions of seeing word
- noun seeing the act of a person who sees. 1
- noun seeing the sense of sight. 1
- verb with object seeing to perceive with the eyes; look at. 1
- verb with object seeing to view; visit or attend as a spectator: to see a play. 1
- verb with object seeing to perceive by means of computer vision. 1
- verb with object seeing to scan or view, especially by electronic means: The satellite can see the entire southern half of the country. 1
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Origin of seeing
First appearance:
before 1495 One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1495-1505; see1 + -ing2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Seeing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
seeing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
seeing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for seeing
noun seeing
- afterimage — a sustained or renewed sensation, esp visual, after the original stimulus has ceased
- apperception — the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
- ideation — the process of forming ideas or images.
- eyeshot — The distance for which one can see.
- eyesight — A person's ability to see.
adj seeing
- alive to — fully aware of; perceiving
- all in all — You use all in all to introduce a summary or general statement.
- apperceptive — conscious perception.
- asser — Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- considering — You use considering to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
conjuction seeing
- as long as — If you say that something is the case as long as or so long as something else is the case, you mean that it is only the case if the second thing is the case.
- because — You use because when stating the reason for something.
- by reason of — If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.
- by virtue of — on account of or by reason of
- due to — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
adjective seeing
- emotionable — (rare, of a person or group or of their behavior or faculties) Particularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
- inspecting — Present participle of inspect.
- looking — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- noticing — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- noting — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
Antonyms for seeing
adj seeing
- amaurotic — partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.
- blind — Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
- blind as a bat — having extremely poor eyesight
- dead-end — terminating in a dead end: a dead-end street.
- imperceptive — not perceptive; lacking perception.
adjective seeing
- deadend — Alternative spelling of dead-end.
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