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• “You have to be a good observer to see all the details“
• “Can you see the bird in that tree?“
• “He is blind–he cannot see“

• “Now I see!“
• “I just can’t see your point“
• “Does she realize how important this decision is?“
• “I don’t understand the idea“

Synonyms

• understand know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; make sense of a language; believe to be the case; be understanding of
• realize be fully aware or cognizant of ; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; make real or concrete; earn on some commercial or business transaction; convert into cash; expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
• realise earn on some commercial or business transaction; convert into cash; expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass ; make real or concrete; be fully aware or cognizant of ; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

• “We found Republicans winning the offices“
• “You’ll see a lot of cheating in this school“
• “The 1960’s saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions“
• “I want to see results“

Synonyms

• witness be a witness to; perceive or be contemporaneous with; someone who sees an event and reports what happened ; a close observer; testimony by word or deed to your religious faith ; (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature ; (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
• find a productive insight ; the act of discovering something ; come upon, as if by accident; discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; come upon after searching; establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; perceive or be contemporaneous with; get something or somebody for a specific purpose; make a discovery, make a new finding; make a discovery; obtain through effort or management; decide on and make a declaration about; receive a specified treatment (abstract); perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; get or find back; succeed in reaching; accept and make use of one’s personality, abilities, and situation

• “conceive of“
• “see in one’s mind“
• “I can’t see him on horseback!“
• “I can see what will happen“
• “I can see a risk in this strategy“

Synonyms

• visualize imagine; view the outline of by means of an X-ray; form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; make visible
• visualise view the outline of by means of an X-ray; form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; imagine; make visible
• envision imagine; picture to oneself
• project any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; a planned undertaking ; communicate vividly; extend out or project in space; transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another ; project on a screen; cause to be heard; draw a projection of ; make or work out a plan for; present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; imagine; put or send forth; throw, send, or cast forward; regard as objective
• fancy not plain; imagine; have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; something many people believe that is false; imagination or fantasy; a predisposition to like something
• figure judge to be probable ; be or play a part of or in; imagine; make a mathematical calculation or computation ; understand; a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; alternative names for the body of a human being; one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); a well-known or notable person; a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape ; an amount of money expressed numerically; the impression produced by a person; the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense ; a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground ; a decorative or artistic work; a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
• picture imagine; show in, or as in, a picture; a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; a clear and telling mental image; a situation treated as an observable object; illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; the visible part of a television transmission; a graphic or vivid verbal description; a typical example of some state or quality; a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
• image render visible, as by means of MRI ; imagine; an iconic mental representation; (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; a standard or typical example; language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense ; someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public; a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)

• “She views this quite differently from me“
• “I consider her to be shallow“
• “I don’t see the situation quite as negatively as you do“

Synonyms

• consider deem to be; give careful consideration to; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; show consideration for; think about carefully; judge or regard; look at attentively ; look at carefully; regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
• reckon expect, believe, or suppose; judge to be probable ; deem to be; make a mathematical calculation or computation ; have faith or confidence in; take account of
• view deem to be; look at carefully; see or watch; a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; the visual percept of a region; the act of looking or seeing or observing; the range of the eye; a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; a message expressing a belief about something; purpose; graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; outward appearance
• regard deem to be; look at attentively ; connect closely and often incriminatingly; (usually preceded by `in’) a detail or point; paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone’s welfare; a long fixed look; the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); a feeling of friendship and esteem; an attitude of admiration or esteem

• “I learned that she has two grown-up children“
• “I see that you have been promoted“

Synonyms

• learn gain knowledge or skills; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; commit to memory; be a student of a certain subject; impart skills or knowledge to; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
• hear perceive (sound) via the auditory sense ; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; receive a communication from someone; listen and pay attention
• get word get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
• get wind get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
• pick up take and lift upward ; take up by hand; give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; gather or collect; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; get in addition, as an increase; take into custody; buy casually or spontaneously; register (perceptual input); lift out or reflect from a background; meet someone for sexual purposes; fill with high spirits; improve significantly; perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; eat by pecking at, like a bird ; gain or regain energy
• find out establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; trap
• get a line get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
• discover discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; make a discovery, make a new finding; make a discovery; find unexpectedly; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; see for the first time; identify as in botany or biology, for example

• “view a show on television“
• “This program will be seen all over the world“
• “view an exhibition“
• “Catch a show on Broadway“
• “see a movie“

Synonyms

• watch a small portable timepiece ; a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship’s crew are on duty ; a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe ; the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty ; a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event ; the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) ; look attentively; follow with the eyes or the mind; see or watch; observe with attention; be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful; observe or determine by looking; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
• view deem to be; look at carefully; see or watch; a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; the visual percept of a region; the act of looking or seeing or observing; the range of the eye; a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; a message expressing a belief about something; purpose; graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; outward appearance
• catch a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident; the quantity that was caught; a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect ; anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching); a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion) ; a restraint that checks the motion of something; a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window ; a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth; the act of catching an object with the hands; the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; to hook or entangle; attract and fix; capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; reach in time; get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly; catch up with and possibly overtake; be struck or affected by; check oneself during an action; hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; see or watch; cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled; detect a blunder or misstep; grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; contract; start burning; perceive by hearing; suffer from the receipt of; attract; apprehend and reproduce accurately; take in and retain; spread or be communicated; be the catcher; become aware of; delay or hold up
• take in provide with shelter ; fool or hoax; suck or take up or in; visit for entertainment; call for and obtain payment of; see or watch; express willingness to have in one’s home or environs; fold up; take up mentally; earn on some commercial or business transaction; hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; accept; take in, also metaphorically; take up as if with a sponge ; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; take into one’s family; make (clothes) smaller

• “I’ll probably see you at the meeting“
• “How nice to see you again!“

Synonyms

• meet being precisely fitting and right; a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held ; come together; get together socially or for a specific purpose ; be adjacent or come together; fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction; collect in one place; get to know; meet by design; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; experience as a reaction; undergo or suffer; be in direct physical contact with
• run into be beset by; collide violently with an obstacle; hit against; come together
• encounter a minor short-term fight ; a casual or unexpected convergence; a casual meeting with a person or thing ; a hostile disagreement face-to-face ; come together; come upon, as if by accident; be beset by; experience as a reaction; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
• run across come together
• come across find unexpectedly; be perceived in a certain way; come together; communicate the intended meaning or impression; be received or understood

• “I want to see whether she speaks French“
• “See whether it works“
• “find out if he speaks Russian“
• “Check whether the train leaves on time“

Synonyms

• determine establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; shape or influence; fix conclusively or authoritatively; decide upon or fix definitely; reach, make, or come to a decision about something; fix in scope; settle conclusively; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
• check a written order directing a bank to pay money; an appraisal of the state of affairs; the bill in a restaurant; the state of inactivity following an interruption; additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; the act of inspecting or verifying; a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress ; a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something ; a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard); the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; obstructing an opponent in ice hockey ; (chess) a direct attack on an opponent’s king ; examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; make an examination or investigation; be careful or certain to do something; lessen the intensity of; stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; put a check mark on or near or next to; slow the growth or development of; be verified or confirmed; be compatible, similar or consistent; block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey ; develop (a child’s or animal’s) behavior by instruction and practice; consign for shipment on a vehicle; hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey ; stop in a chase especially when scent is lost; mark into squares or draw squares on; decline to initiate betting ; hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; place into check; write out a check on a bank account ; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; verify by consulting a source or authority; arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; make cracks or chinks in; become fractured
• find out establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; trap
• ascertain establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; be careful or certain to do something; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; learn or discover with certainty
• watch a small portable timepiece ; a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship’s crew are on duty ; a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe ; the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty ; a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event ; the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) ; look attentively; follow with the eyes or the mind; see or watch; observe with attention; be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful; observe or determine by looking; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
• learn gain knowledge or skills; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; commit to memory; be a student of a certain subject; impart skills or knowledge to; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

• “make certain of something“
• “He verified that the valves were closed“
• “See that the curtains are closed“
• “control the quality of the product“

Synonyms

• check a written order directing a bank to pay money; an appraisal of the state of affairs; the bill in a restaurant; the state of inactivity following an interruption; additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; the act of inspecting or verifying; a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress ; a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something ; a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard); the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; obstructing an opponent in ice hockey ; (chess) a direct attack on an opponent’s king ; examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; make an examination or investigation; be careful or certain to do something; lessen the intensity of; stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; put a check mark on or near or next to; slow the growth or development of; be verified or confirmed; be compatible, similar or consistent; block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey ; develop (a child’s or animal’s) behavior by instruction and practice; consign for shipment on a vehicle; hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey ; stop in a chase especially when scent is lost; mark into squares or draw squares on; decline to initiate betting ; hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; place into check; write out a check on a bank account ; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; verify by consulting a source or authority; arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; make cracks or chinks in; become fractured
• insure be careful or certain to do something; make certain of; protect by insurance; take out insurance for
• see to it be careful or certain to do something
• ensure make certain of; be careful or certain to do something
• control exercise authoritative control or power over; lessen the intensity of; handle and cause to function; maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one’s advantage; check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; place under restrictions; verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; be careful or certain to do something; have a firm understanding or knowledge of; power to direct or determine; a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another; (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment; the activity of managing or exerting control over something; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; discipline in personal and social activities; great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance ; the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
• ascertain establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; be careful or certain to do something; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; learn or discover with certainty
• assure make certain of; inform positively and with certainty and confidence; assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; be careful or certain to do something; cause to feel sure; make a promise or commitment

• “You should see a lawyer“
• “We had to see a psychiatrist“

• “I went to see my friend Mary the other day“

• “We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning“

Synonyms

• visit the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice; the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection) ; the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) ; go to see a place, as for entertainment; go to certain places as for sightseeing; pay a brief visit; come to see in an official or professional capacity; impose something unpleasant; talk socially without exchanging too much information; stay with as a guest; assail

• “Could you see about lunch?“
• “I must attend to this matter“
• “She took care of this business“

Synonyms

• attend be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; take charge of or deal with; to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; work for or be a servant to; give heed (to)
• take care be careful, prudent, or watchful; be in charge of or deal with; take charge of or deal with
• look the feelings expressed on a person’s face; the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; physical appearance; the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; perceive with attention; give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; have a certain outward or facial expression; search or seek; be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; take charge of or deal with; convey by one’s expression; look forward to the probable occurrence of; accord in appearance with; have faith or confidence in

• “the doctor will see you now“
• “The minister doesn’t see anybody before noon“

• “have a steady relationship with“
• “Did you know that she is seeing an older man?“
• “He is dating his former wife again!“

Synonyms

• go steady date regularly
• go out move out of or depart from; leave the house to go somewhere; take the field; become extinguished; go out of fashion; date regularly
• date go on a date with; stamp with a date; assign a date to; date regularly; provide with a dateline; the specified day of the month; a participant in a date; a meeting arranged in advance; the present; the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; a particular day specified as the time something happens; sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

• “The artist must first learn to see“

• “See whether you can come tomorrow“
• “let’s see–which movie should we see tonight?“

• “The camera saw the burglary and recorded it“

• “The customs agent examined the baggage“
• “I must see your passport before you can enter the country“

Synonyms

• examine consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; question or examine thoroughly and closely ; question closely ; put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• “We had many trials to go through“
• “he saw action in Viet Nam“

Synonyms

• experience the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; the content of direct observation or participation in an event; an event as apprehended; undergo or live through a difficult experience; have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; go through (mental or physical states or experiences); undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; undergo
• go through undergo or live through a difficult experience; apply thoroughly; eat up completely, as with great appetite

• “I’ll see you to the door“

Synonyms

• escort accompany as an escort; accompany or escort; someone who escorts and protects a prominent person ; the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them ; an attendant who is employed to accompany someone ; a participant in a date

• “I saw the bet of one of my fellow players“

• “assign a meaning to“
• “What message do you see in this letter?“
• “How do you interpret his behavior?“

Synonyms

• interpret make sense of; give an interpretation or explanation to ; give an interpretation or rendition of; create an image or likeness of; restate (words) from one language into another language; make sense of a language
• construe make sense of