to see
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1.0
- verb
- /si/
:
imaginar
- Ideally, I would like to see a creative nonfiction writer curate the workshop.
- imagine seeing
- a way of seeing
Watch the stars and see yourself running with them.
- Watch the stars and see yourself running with them.
- So why do we get to see things through his eyes?
- iPhone, iPad. He wanted us to see ourselves in the products.
- They they, they get you to see the world in new ways.
- OK, so you want to sort of see one big wound.
- Nobody else can see your imagination but you.
- You read less, you just see images, you live through images.
Examples
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Let 'em see you as you really are.
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I never thought I'd see you again.
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But the way that I see it is my goal.
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I just wanted to see what it was like.
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So do you see what I see?
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So I wanted to see, how do I look at this?
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Imagine what you would see, how you would move, and what you would feel.
Academic text (2008) -
Pinterest lets me search for topics that interest me and see how others have addressed them.
Academic text (2015) -
Is it too far-fetched to see the fall of the Berlin Wall as an analogy?
Academic text (2015) -
When I meditate, I try to see my goals clearly in my mind.
Synonyms
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1.0
To imagine or plan something in your mind
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1.3
To form a picture in your mind of something not real
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1.0
See someone or something in a certain way
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2.9
To imagine how something looks
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4.1
To picture something in your mind, often a possible future
75
3.8
Form a clear picture of something in your mind
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5.2
To form an idea or plan in your mind
33
5.3
To imagine something as possible or real
12
6.9
To form an idea in your mind about something
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6.8
To form a picture in your mind of something not present
Idioms
- Informal
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1.0
A casual goodbye said when leaving someone and expecting to meet again
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7.0
To not be able to think clearly because you are very tired, angry, or confused
- Informal
4
7.4
A phrase people say to tell others nothing interesting or worrying is happening
- Informal
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4.1
To focus on the good parts of a situation instead of the bad
To understand how someone thinks and feels about a situation
- Informal
Words you say when you are surprised to see someone in an unexpected place
Invite someone to your home pretending to show art but actually to try to have sex
- Informal
To think about things beyond your own immediate needs
- Informal
To notice small important details while keeping the whole situation in mind
Try many different ideas to find one that works
- Informal
Says as a joke to show someone else is more hurt after a fight
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Formal
10
7.8
The Pope's government that speaks for the Roman Catholic Church and acts like a small country
- Formal
8
7.7
The central government of the Roman Catholic Church that the Pope leads in Vatican City, recognized by many countries
How Vivid
Surface Forms
Etymology
See comes from the old English seon meaning 'to look', and it grew to mean making a picture in your mind. So to 'see' something in your mind is to imagine it.