- see⇄expr. see after, to take care of.
Ex. Here Tom, Tom, see after the luggage (Henry Kingsley). - see⇄expr. see into, to understand the real character or hidden purpose of.
Ex. Well hath your Highness seen into this Duke (Shakespeare). - see⇄expr. see off, to go with to the starting place of a journey.
Ex. Escorted by a multitude of relatives and friends, who all went down ... to see them off (Washington Irving). - see⇄expr. see out,
a. to go through with; finish.
Ex. He evidently meant to see this thing out (J. K. Jerome).
b. to survive.
Ex. Dev is in his eighties and may not see out his second Presidential term (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - see⇄expr. see through,
a. to understand the real character or hidden purpose of.
Ex. I saw through her dodge.
b. to go through with (a matter) to the end; finish.
Ex. I mean to see this job through. I'm responsible and I'll see it t - see⇄expr. see to (it), to look after; take care of; make sure.
Ex. He saw to it that his son went to college. Inflation has seen to it that the ?20,000 ... is no longer the ""fortune"" it used to be (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - see⇄see (1), verb, saw,seen,seeing.
- see⇄see (2), noun.
1. the position or authority of a bishop.
2. the district under a bishop's authority; diocese; bishopric.
3. the seat of a bishop in his diocese. - see⇄v.i. 1. to perceive objects with the eyes.
Ex. I write and read till I can't see, and then I walk (Lady Mary Wortley Montague).
2. to have the power of sight.
Ex. The blind do not see.
3. (Figurative.) to perceive with the mind; - see⇄v.t. 1. to look at; be aware of by using the eyes.
Ex. See that black cloud.
2. to use the eyes to see (things).
Ex. to see a tennis match or a play.
(SYN) watch, witness, regard, view.
3. (Figurative.) to be aware of wit