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see ya

/ˈsiː.jə/

see ya is the alternative form of see you.

Meaning of see you

Phrase

see you

  1. (informal) see you later.
    • “See you,” I said. My tag line. Still the only way I have to say goodbye. See you. What did it mean? No tense. Elliptical. Almost an imperative. It must have been the last thing I ever said to my father. See you.1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 71
  2. Used as a farewell, stating the next time the speaker and interlocutor(s) will see each other.
    • See you at the weekend!
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, you.

Forms of see ya

alternative formcya
alternative formsee you
alternative formseeya

Origin of see ya

From see + you.

Questions about see ya

What is see ya the alternative form of?
See ya is the alternative form of see you.
How do you pronounce see ya?
See ya is pronounced /ˈsiː.jə/.

Words near see ya in the dictionary

  1. see to
  2. see to it
  3. see what sticks
  4. see which way the cat jumps
  5. see with half an eye
  6. see ya
  7. see yellow
  8. see you
  9. see you around
  10. see you in hell
  11. see you in the funny pages

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Adapted from Wiktionary: see ya (page history and authors); see you (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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