See Definition
A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
- To be extremely angry.
- To understand or realize something after a period of ignorance or misunderstanding.
- To undergo a religious awakening or conversion.
- Used to express goodbye.
- farewell; goodbye
- to investigate or inquire into
- to attend to
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to See
- see red
- see the light
- see you later
- (I'll) be seeing you
- see about
- see after
- see double
- see fit
- see here!
- see into
- see off
- see out
- see through
- see to
- see you (later)
Origin of See
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From Middle English seen, from Old English sÄ“on (“to see, look, behold, perceive, observe, discern, understand, know"), from Proto-Germanic *sehwanÄ… (“to see"), from Proto-Indo-European *sekÊ·- (“to see, notice"). Cognate with West Frisian sjen (“to see"), Dutch zien (“to see"), Low German sehn, German sehen (“to see"), Danish and Swedish se (“to see"), and more distantly with Latin sÄ«gnum (“sign, token"), Albanian shih (“look at, see") imp. of shoh (“to see").
From Wiktionary
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From Latin sedes (“seat"), referring to the bishop's throne or chair (compare seat of power) in the cathedral; related to the Latin verb sedere (“to sit").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French se from Vulgar Latin sedem from Latin sēdēs seat sed- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English sen from Old English sēon sekw-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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