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sees

/siːz/

sees is the third-person singular simple present indicative of see.

sees is the plural of see.

Meaning of see

Verb

see (third-person singular simple present sees, present participle seeing, simple past saw or (dialectal) seen or (dialectal) seent or (dialectal) seed, past participle seen or (dialectal) seent or (dialectal) seed or (dialectal) saw or (dialectal or eye dialect) sawn)

  1. (transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
    • Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path.[…]It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 18
    1. (transitive) To witness or observe by personal experience.
      • Now I've seen it all!
    2. (transitive) To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc.
      • I saw the latest Tarantino flick last week.
  2. To form a mental picture of, to perceive in a certain way.
    • I see it as essential that there should be somewhere to park.
    1. (figuratively) To understand.
      • Do you see what I mean?
    2. (figuratively) To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
      • They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.

See all 27 meanings of see

Noun (1) capitalized: SEES

SEES (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of sharp edge eye syndrome.

Noun (2) capitalized: SEEs

SEEs

  1. (plural) plural of SEE

Proper noun capitalized: Sees

Sees

  1. (plural) plural of See

Phrases with sees

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Words that rhyme with sees

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Questions about sees

What is sees the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sees is the third-person singular simple present indicative of see.
What part of speech is sees?
Sees can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sees?
Sees is pronounced /siːz/.

Words near sees in the dictionary

  1. seersuckers
  2. seerwood
  3. seerwoods
  4. Seery
  5. Seerys
  6. sees
  7. sees a man
  8. sees a man about a dog
  9. sees a man about a horse
  10. sees a way clear to
  11. sees a wolf

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sees (page history and authors); SEES (page history and authors); SEEs (page history and authors); Sees (page history and authors); see (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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