verb

see

Translation

to see, to meet, to understand, to find out

I can see the mountains from here.

I'll see you tomorrow.

I see what you mean.

Let me see if he is available.

((sth./sb.)) to perceive (sth./sb.) with the eyes I can see the mountains from here.

((sb.)) to meet or visit (sb.) I'll see you tomorrow.

((clause)) to understand (sth.) I see what you mean.

((if/whether clause)) to find out or check (sth.) Let me see if he is available.

Synonyms: look, watch, observe (for vision); understand, grasp (for comprehension)

From Old English 'seon', from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to follow'.

A core verb with dual meanings: perceiving with the eyes and understanding with the mind.