seeing
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EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
VerbEdit
seeing
- present participle of see
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2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
- Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.
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Derived termsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
seeing (not comparable)
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
having vision; not blind
NounEdit
seeing (countable and uncountable, plural seeings)
- The action of the verb to see; eyesight.
- 2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
- To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]
- 2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
- (astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
TranslationsEdit
the action of the verb to see; eyesight
the movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere
Etymology 2Edit
Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".
ConjunctionEdit
seeing
- (slang) Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.
- Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.
TranslationsEdit
inasmuch as; in view of the fact
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StatisticsEdit
Most common English words before 1923: thinking · beginning · unless · #629: seeing · won't · plain · rich