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Definition of See
See
In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum.

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.

To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.

To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.

To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after.

To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.

To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.

To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.

To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.

Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.

To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house.

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Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Henry David Thoreau

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Albert Einstein

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.
Albert Einstein

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
Albert Einstein

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.
Confucius

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi



See Translations
see in Afrikaans is sorg, ontmoet, sien, kuier
see in Dutch is aantreffen, ontmoeten
see in French is voyez, vois, s'occuper, vision, visiter, voyons
see in German is sehen, sehen/siehe, sehen, zusehen, anzeigen
see in Italian is vedere, visitare
see in Latin is animadverto, aspicio
see in Portuguese is ver, veja
see in Spanish is visitar, encontrar


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