Not see to do something

See (that)

See (that)

On watch

Who's on watch tonight?

See verb

past tense saw / past participle seen

1. NOTICE/EXAMINE

[transitive not in progressive]to notice or examine someone or something, using your eyes

The moment we saw the house, we knew we wanted to buy it.

He crouched down so he couldn't be seen.

can/can't see You can see the Houses of Parliament from here.

see where/what/who etc

Can you see where the marks are on the wall?

He saw that she was crying.

see somebody/something do something

I saw him leave a few minutes ago.

see somebody/something doing something

The suspect was seen entering the building.

As you can see, the house needs some work doing on it.

2. NOTICE SOMETHING IS TRUE

[transitive not in progressive] to notice that something is happening or that something is true

More money must be invested if we are to see an improvement in services. After a month's practice, you should see a difference in your playing.

I can see you're not very happy with the situation.

3. ABILITY TO SEE

[intransitive, transitive not in progressive]to be able to use your eyes to look at things and know what they are

can/can't see

From the tower, you can see for miles. I can't see a thing without my glasses.

His eyes are so bad that he can't see to read any more.

4. FIND OUT INFORMATION

[transitive]to find out information or a fact

see what/how/when etc

I'll call him and see how the job interview went. She went outside to see what was happening.

see if/whether

I've just come to see if you want to go out for a drink.

These chocolates are gorgeous. Try some and see for yourself (=find out if it is true).

it can be seen that/we can see that

From this graph, it can be seen that some people are more susceptible to the disease.

As we have seen in chapter 4, women's pay is generally less than men's.

5. IN THE FUTURE

[intransitive and transitive]to find out about something in the future

see if/whether

It will be interesting to see if he makes it into the team.

see how/what/when etc

I might come - I'll see how I feel tomorrow. Let's try it and see what happens.

see how it goes/see how things go (=used when you are going to do something and will deal with problems if they happen)

I don't know. We'll just have to see how it goes on Sunday.

Things will work out, you'll see (=you will find out that I am right).

6. WHERE INFORMATION IS

[transitive only in imperative] especially written used to tell you where you can find information

see above/below The results are shown in Table 7a (see below).

7. UNDERSTAND

[intransitive and transitive]to understand or realize something

see why/what/how etc

I can't see why he's so upset.

I see what you mean (=I understand what you are saying). '

see reason/sense (=realize that you are wrong or doing something stupid)

I just can't get her to see reason!

8. WATCH

[transitive] to watch a television programme, play, film etc

Did you see that programme on monkeys last night?

We're going to see 'Romeo and Juliet' tonight.

9. CONSIDER SOMETHING

[transitive]to think about or consider someone or something in a particular way, or as having particular qualities

Having a child makes you see things differently.

Violence is seen in different ways by different people.

as somebody sees it/the way somebody sees it ( =used to give someone's opinion)

As I see it, you don't have any choice. The way I see it, we have two options.

see somebody/something as something

I see the job as a challenge.

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