How do you use See in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like consider or watch, plus the exact meaning.
See in a sentence
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See meaning
- To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To witness or observe by personal experience.
Synonyms of See
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Using See
- The main meaning on this page is: To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight. | To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight. | To witness or observe by personal experience.
- Useful related words include: consider, watch, ascertain, check.
- Possible Dutch translations are: zien, aanschouwen, bekijken.
- In the example corpus, see often appears in combinations such as: to see, see the, we see.
Context around See
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for See
- In this selection, "see" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wanna, people, greece, academy, education and gurukul stand out and add context to how "see" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include going to see it from, ancient china see history of, holy see, see eye and see inside. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "see" sits close to words such as used, down and around, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with see
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I wanna see monster trucks, I wanna see car races, I wanna see everything,” joked Whittaker. (16 words)
They see you hitting the home runs, they see you driving the runners in. They see the success. (18 words)
I see sad people, I see people that don’t look like they lost the game, I see 'so-so'. (20 words)
I would like to see some of those storylines included or embellished on. it would be nice to see an origin story of the replicants as a flashback to see why they’re so feared, and to show a little more sympathy for their plight. (45 words)
Now that he’s handed it off to Kamala Harris, and the support for her has surged both financially and affirmationally, it is pleasant to see the great relief as a Democrat to see this happen, and to see a prosecutor take on a felon. (45 words)
If we see misses to the expectations, then we are likely to see a fall in the pair, on the other hand, if the data beats forecasts, then we should see the pair breaking out and rallying towards the 138 level. (41 words)
I perform when I'm on stage, I act when I'm on stage, but will people see me, will people see the character when they see me on the screen? (31 words)
Be sure to check back next week to see who the first Paradise cast-offs are, and if you can’t wait to see how it all ends, check out our spoilers to see which Season 9 couples get engaged! (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Formal schools have existed at least since ancient Greece (see Academy ), ancient Rome (see Education in Ancient Rome ) ancient India (see Gurukul ), and ancient China (see History of education in China ).
Be sure to check back next week to see who the first Paradise cast-offs are, and if you can’t wait to see how it all ends, check out our spoilers to see which Season 9 couples get engaged!
If we see misses to the expectations, then we are likely to see a fall in the pair, on the other hand, if the data beats forecasts, then we should see the pair breaking out and rallying towards the 138 level.
If you watch the rest of the time – you’ll see cooperation, you’ll see respectful debates, you’ll see all of that.
I perform when I'm on stage, I act when I'm on stage, but will people see me, will people see the character when they see me on the screen?
It’s a gift for those who are in areas of this country who may have a parent or grandparent who doesn’t quite see it like this, but they see us, and they see that we just love each other.
Looking at replay a few times… i see a touch but dont see a hold, and don’t see the receiver impeded in any way.
Right around this time of year, you see some teams ascending, you see some flat line, and you see some are just ready to be done with it.
They see you hitting the home runs, they see you driving the runners in. They see the success.
Because it's on the actual farm they're looking to take on, the National Trust got to see the hopefuls on that very farm to see what they would do, to see their ideas brought to life.
I would like to see some of those storylines included or embellished on. it would be nice to see an origin story of the replicants as a flashback to see why they’re so feared, and to show a little more sympathy for their plight.
Now that he’s handed it off to Kamala Harris, and the support for her has surged both financially and affirmationally, it is pleasant to see the great relief as a Democrat to see this happen, and to see a prosecutor take on a felon.
We‘re going to see it from Trump, we‘re going to see it from J.D. Vance, and we‘re going to see it from a lot of their surrogates,” Frost told CNN host Jim Acosta.
When I look at Liverpool I just see a team that’s on form, I see a great team, I see a great squad.
It was really cool to see so many people come out; you could see the kids coming from the train stations, walking to the capital, and it was really powerful to see everybody come in masses together from their schools.
The show doesn’t see typically see that form of dance and so it was good to see the next generation become interested in it.
Usually, when you see fossils you see an ammonoids that is a shell-like formation, or you see a Dinosaur’s fossilized egg.
I see sad people, I see people that don’t look like they lost the game, I see 'so-so'.
It is for people to go and see improvements and see possibilities and see that their country is now working.
I wanna see monster trucks, I wanna see car races, I wanna see everything,” joked Whittaker.
Phrases with see
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with see
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to see 117×
- see the 55×
- we see 42×
- you see 28×
- and see 25×
- see it 21×
- see that 19×
- can see 19×
- see what 16×
- see how 11×