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see to

see to verb: to take care of; to effect; to make happen.

Verb

see to (third-person singular simple present sees to, present participle seeing to, simple past saw to, past participle seen to)

  1. To take care of; to effect; to make happen.
    • After seeing to the shopping, cleaning and cooking, he finally sat down for some rest.
    • This was a rare whiff of the big-time for a club whose staple diet became top-flight football for so long - the glamour was in short supply, however. Thousands of empty seats and the driving Yorkshire rain saw to that.2012, Ben Smith, Leeds United 2-1 Everton
  2. To serve, attend to, or care for.
    • Mark, please see to Mrs. Landingham and make sure she has everything she needs.
    • You can make a good usher that sees to my guests as they arrive.
  3. (euphemistic, slang) To have sex with.

see to meaning in Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada

see to in Hindi

to see to, to attend to, to guard, to watch over, to look after
देखना dekhnā
to see to, set aright, settle
सँभालना sambhālnā

see to in Malayalam

about, attend to, deal with
ഏർപ്പാടു ചെയ്യുക, പരിപാലിക്കുക, വേണ്ടതുചെയ്യുക, ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുക, കെെകാര്യം ചെയ്യുക, നടത്തിപ്പു ഭംഗിയാക്കുക

see to in Kannada

ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಗಮನಕೊಡು, ಲಕ್ಷಿಸು

Forms of see to

third-person singular presentsees to
present participleseeing to
pastsaw to
past participleseen to

Questions about see to

What does see to mean?
See to means to take care of; to effect; to make happen.
What is see to in Hindi?
See to in Hindi is देखना (dekhnā), सँभालना (sambhālnā). See See to meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is see to?
See to is a verb.
What is the past tense of see to?
The past tense of see to is saw to.

Words near see to in the dictionary

  1. see the woods for the trees
  2. see the world
  3. see things
  4. see through
  5. see through a millstone
  6. see to
  7. see to it
  8. see what sticks
  9. see which way the cat jumps
  10. see with half an eye
  11. see ya

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: see to (page history and authors); देखना (Hindi) (page history and authors); see to (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); see to (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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