seeing

PronunciationEdit

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• Rhymes: -iːɪŋ

Etymology 1Edit

see +‎ -ing

VerbEdit

seeing

1. Present participle of see.
   • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, 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.

Derived termsEdit

• all-seeing
• seeing to
• seeing-eye dog

AdjectiveEdit

seeing (not comparable)

1. Having vision; not blind.

SynonymsEdit

• sighted

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NounEdit

seeing (countable and uncountable, plural seeings)

1. 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 […]

2. (astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Etymology 2Edit

Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".

ConjunctionEdit

seeing

1. (slang) Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.

   Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.

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StatisticsEdit

• Most common English words before 1923: thinking · beginning · unless · #629: seeing · won't · plain · rich

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