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seeing

seeing

12 1.0
The ability to use your eyes to notice things
  • noun
  • /ˈsiːɪŋ/
: visión
  • The artist's seeing of the city inspired her latest painting.

What keeps us from seeing that is fear, right?

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Examples

  • That it prevents me from seeing her as she truly is.

  • Her seeing the beautiful sunrise made her feel grateful for the day.

  • We'll look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

  • My strength is timing, not just seeing it right.

  • The child's seeing of the stars through the telescope filled her with wonder.

Synonyms

sight
vsseeing
498 1.0

The ability to see or an impressive thing you see

is focused on the act or ability, not on things perceived
vision
vsseeing
352 1.0

The ability to see

is about both the act and ability, not only the faculty
observation
vsseeing
148 3.0

The act of watching something to learn about it

is the general sensory act, not necessarily deliberate information gathering
eyesight
vsseeing
56 1.0

How well you can see with your eyes

includes the act as well as ability, not only clear eye function
looking
vsseeing
39 1.0

The act of using your eyes to check something carefully

covers both passive ability and active acts, not only intentional examination
view
vsseeing
29 1.2

An act of looking carefully at something

is more general, covering simple perception not only focused observation
visual sense
vsseeing
2 3.2

Being able to see with your eyes

includes the actual act of watching as well as pure sensory capacity
visual perception
vsseeing
1 4.1

The ability to see and understand what you look at

is the simpler act or ability, not specifically about interpretation
sightedness
vsseeing
1 7.2

Ability to see clearly without problems

is the active act or general ability, not a medical state of normal eye function

Antonyms

blindness
52 3.1

A condition in which a person cannot see because of injury, disease, or being born that way

invisibility
30 6.0

The state of not being seen by other people

Idioms

seeing is believing
6 5.3

People believe something only after they see it themselves

believing is seeing
1 9.2

Your beliefs make you see things as true even without proof

Compounds

Seeing Eye dog
10 4.1

A dog trained to guide a person who cannot see

How Clear

seeing
12 1.0
visual disorder
  • Specialized
1 5.0
blindness
52 3.1

Surface Forms

seeing singular
seeings plural

Morphology

seeing = see (transparent) = see + ing

The meaning is directly derived from the verb 'see' with the productive English suffix '-ing' forming a gerund/participle.

Etymology

The word seeing comes from the old English verb see, which meant 'to look' or 'to notice'. So seeing is simply the act of using your sight, using your eyes to notice things.