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What do people use see to talk about?
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What words refer to seeing something?
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What do the eyes do?
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What words refer to watching something?
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What words refer to imagining things?
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What words refer to coming to understand something?
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What words refer to going to someone's place to see them?
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What words refer to being able to see something?
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What words refer to not being able to see something?
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What words refer to trying to do something?
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What words refer to doing something in order to be certain that something will happen?
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What words are used when a speaker hesitates or pauses to think?
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What words refer to showing something to someone?
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What words describe something that can be seen through?
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What words describe someone who is blind?
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What words refer to going to a doctor?
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What words refer to doing something with someone you love?
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What words describe someone who is not good at noticing things?
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What words refer to ignoring someone by rudely pretending not to see them?
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What words refer to checking something to make sure it is true or correct?
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What words refer to someone being persuaded to change his thinking or decision?
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What words refer to liking someone?
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What words and expressions are used when saying farewell?
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What words describe something that is not hidden?
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What words refer to feeling lonely because someone you love is not there?
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What words refer to meeting someone when you did not intend to?
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What words refer to waiting?
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What words refer to discovering the difference between two things?
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What words indicate that a phrase or sentence is important?then indeed surely so certainly in fact actually how you know really sure just you know don't you that how much more emphatically absolutely without question no way of course obviously you've got to be kidding it is just that the only thing is one thing that in reality only that as it were just as you can see as you know without a doubt don't you remember I am convinced that
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers
Markers of identificational and explanatory clauses
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Conjugation see conjugation
How do you conjugate see?
see · verb
Present I see
Positive I see
Singular
1st person I see
2nd person you see
3rd person he/she/it sees
Plural
1st person we see
2nd person you see
3rd person they see
Negative I don't see
Singular
1st person I don't see I do not see
2nd person you don't see you do not see
3rd person he/she/it doesn't see he/she/it does not see
Plural
1st person we don't see we do not see
2nd person you don't see you do not see
3rd person they don't see they do not see
Question do I see?
Singular
1st person do I see?
2nd person do you see?
3rd person does he/she/it see?
Plural
1st person do we see?
2nd person do you see?
3rd person do they see?
Negative question don't I see?
Singular
1st person don't I see? do I not see?
2nd person don't you see? do you not see?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it see? does he/she/it not see?
Plural
1st person don't we see? do we not see?
2nd person don't you see? do you not see?
3rd person don't they see? do they not see?
Past I saw
Positive I saw
Singular
1st person I saw
2nd person you saw
3rd person he/she/it saw
Plural
1st person we saw
2nd person you saw
3rd person they saw
Negative I didn't see
Singular
1st person I didn't see I did not see
2nd person you didn't see you did not see
3rd person he/she/it didn't see he/she/it did not see
Plural
1st person we didn't see we did not see
2nd person you didn't see you did not see
3rd person they didn't see they did not see
Question did I see?
Singular
1st person did I see?
2nd person did you see?
3rd person did he/she/it see?
Plural
1st person did we see?
2nd person did you see?
3rd person did they see?
Negative question didn't I see?
Singular
1st person didn't I see? did I not see?
2nd person didn't you see? did you not see?
3rd person didn't he/she/it see? did he/she/it not see?
Plural
1st person didn't we see? did we not see?
2nd person didn't you see? did you not see?
3rd person didn't they see? did they not see?
Future I'll see
Positive I'll see
Singular
1st person I'll see I will see
2nd person you'll see you will see
3rd person he/she/it'll see he/she/it will see
Plural
1st person we'll see we will see
2nd person you'll see you will see
3rd person they'll see they will see
Negative I won't see
Singular
1st person I won't see I will not see
2nd person you won't see you will not see
3rd person he/she/it won't see he/she/it will not see
Plural
1st person we won't see we will not see
2nd person you won't see you will not see
3rd person they won't see they will not see
Question will I see?
Singular
1st person will I see?
2nd person will you see?
3rd person will he/she/it see?
Plural
1st person will we see?
2nd person will you see?
3rd person will they see?
Negative question won't I see?
Singular
1st person won't I see? will I not see?
2nd person won't you see? will you not see?
3rd person won't he/she/it see? will he/she/it not see?
Plural
1st person won't we see? will we not see?
2nd person won't you see? will you not see?
3rd person won't they see? will they not see?
Conditional I'd see
Positive I'd see
Singular
1st person I'd see I would see
2nd person you'd see you would see
3rd person he/she/it'd see he/she/it would see
Plural
1st person we'd see we would see
2nd person you'd see you would see
3rd person they'd see they would see
Negative I wouldn't see
Singular
1st person I wouldn't see I would not see
2nd person you wouldn't see you would not see
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't see he/she/it would not see
Plural
1st person we wouldn't see we would not see
2nd person you wouldn't see you would not see
3rd person they wouldn't see they would not see
Question would I see?
Singular
1st person would I see?
2nd person would you see?
3rd person would he/she/it see?
Plural
1st person would we see?
2nd person would you see?
3rd person would they see?
Negative question wouldn't I see?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I see? would I not see?
2nd person wouldn't you see? would you not see?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it see? would he/she/it not see?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we see? would we not see?
2nd person wouldn't you see? would you not see?
3rd person wouldn't they see? would they not see?
Present continuous I'm seeing
Positive I'm seeing
Singular
1st person I'm seeing I am seeing
2nd person you're seeing you are seeing
3rd person he/she/it's seeing he/she/it is seeing
Plural
1st person we're seeing we are seeing
2nd person you're seeing you are seeing
3rd person they're seeing they are seeing
Negative I'm not seeing
Singular
1st person I'm not seeing I am not seeing
2nd person you aren't seeing you're not seeing you are not seeing
3rd person he/she/it isn't seeing he/she/it's not seeing he/she/it is not seeing
Plural
1st person we aren't seeing we're not seeing we are not seeing
2nd person you aren't seeing you're not seeing you are not seeing
3rd person they aren't seeing they're not seeing they are not seeing
Question am I seeing?
Singular
1st person am I seeing?
2nd person are you seeing?
3rd person is he/she/it seeing?
Plural
1st person are we seeing?
2nd person are you seeing?
3rd person are they seeing?
Negative question aren't I seeing?
Singular
1st person aren't I seeing? am I not seeing?
2nd person aren't you seeing? are you not seeing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it seeing? is he/she/it not seeing?
Plural
1st person aren't we seeing? are we not seeing?
2nd person aren't you seeing? are you not seeing?
3rd person aren't they seeing? are they not seeing?
Past continuous I was seeing
Positive I was seeing
Singular
1st person I was seeing
2nd person you were seeing
3rd person he/she/it was seeing
Plural
1st person we were seeing
2nd person you were seeing
3rd person they were seeing
Negative I wasn't seeing
Singular
1st person I wasn't seeing I was not seeing
2nd person you weren't seeing you were not seeing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't seeing he/she/it was not seeing
Plural
1st person we weren't seeing we were not seeing
2nd person you weren't seeing you were not seeing
3rd person they weren't seeing they were not seeing
Question was I seeing?
Singular
1st person was I seeing?
2nd person were you seeing?
3rd person was he/she/it seeing?
Plural
1st person were we seeing?
2nd person were you seeing?
3rd person were they seeing?
Negative question wasn't I seeing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I seeing? was I not seeing?
2nd person weren't you seeing? were you not seeing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it seeing? was he/she/it not seeing?
Plural
1st person weren't we seeing? were we not seeing?
2nd person weren't you seeing? were you not seeing?
3rd person weren't they seeing? were they not seeing?
Future continuous I'll be seeing
Positive I'll be seeing
Singular
1st person I'll be seeing I will be seeing
2nd person you'll be seeing you will be seeing
3rd person he/she/it'll be seeing he/she/it will be seeing
Plural
1st person we'll be seeing we will be seeing
2nd person you'll be seeing you will be seeing
3rd person they'll be seeing they will be seeing
Negative I won't be seeing
Singular
1st person I won't be seeing I will not be seeing
2nd person you won't be seeing you will not be seeing
3rd person he/she/it won't be seeing he/she/it will not be seeing
Plural
1st person we won't be seeing we will not be seeing
2nd person you won't be seeing you will not be seeing
3rd person they won't be seeing they will not be seeing
Question will I be seeing?
Singular
1st person will I be seeing?
2nd person will you be seeing?
3rd person will he/she/it be seeing?
Plural
1st person will we be seeing?
2nd person will you be seeing?
3rd person will they be seeing?
Negative question won't I be seeing?
Singular
1st person won't I be seeing? will I not be seeing?
2nd person won't you be seeing? will you not be seeing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be seeing? will he/she/it not be seeing?
Plural
1st person won't we be seeing? will we not be seeing?
2nd person won't you be seeing? will you not be seeing?
3rd person won't they be seeing? will they not be seeing?
Conditional continuous I'd be seeing
Positive I'd be seeing
Singular
1st person I'd be seeing I would be seeing
2nd person you'd be seeing you would be seeing
3rd person he/she/it'd be seeing he/she/it would be seeing
Plural
1st person we'd be seeing we would be seeing
2nd person you'd be seeing you would be seeing
3rd person they'd be seeing they would be seeing
Negative I wouldn't be seeing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be seeing I would not be seeing
2nd person you wouldn't be seeing you would not be seeing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be seeing he/she/it would not be seeing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be seeing we would not be seeing
2nd person you wouldn't be seeing you would not be seeing
3rd person they wouldn't be seeing they would not be seeing
Question would I be seeing?
Singular
1st person would I be seeing?
2nd person would you be seeing?
3rd person would he/she/it be seeing?
Plural
1st person would we be seeing?
2nd person would you be seeing?
3rd person would they be seeing?
Negative question wouldn't I be seeing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be seeing? would I not be seeing?
2nd person wouldn't you be seeing? would you not be seeing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be seeing? would he/she/it not be seeing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be seeing? would we not be seeing?
2nd person wouldn't you be seeing? would you not be seeing?
3rd person wouldn't they be seeing? would they not be seeing?
Present perfect I've seen
Positive I've seen
Singular
1st person I've seen I have seen
2nd person you've seen you have seen
3rd person he/she/it's seen he/she/it has seen
Plural
1st person we've seen we have seen
2nd person you've seen you have seen
3rd person they've seen they have seen
Negative I haven't seen
Singular
1st person I haven't seen I have not seen
2nd person you haven't seen you have not seen
3rd person he/she/it hasn't seen he/she/it has not seen
Plural
1st person we haven't seen we have not seen
2nd person you haven't seen you have not seen
3rd person they haven't seen they have not seen
Question have I seen?
Singular
1st person have I seen?
2nd person have you seen?
3rd person has he/she/it seen?
Plural
1st person have we seen?
2nd person have you seen?
3rd person have they seen?
Negative question haven't I seen?
Singular
1st person haven't I seen? have I not seen?
2nd person haven't you seen? have you not seen?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it seen? has he/she/it not seen?
Plural
1st person haven't we seen? have we not seen?
2nd person haven't you seen? have you not seen?
3rd person haven't they seen? have they not seen?
Past perfect I had seen
Positive I had seen
Singular
1st person I had seen
2nd person you had seen
3rd person he/she/it had seen
Plural
1st person we had seen
2nd person you had seen
3rd person they had seen
Negative I hadn't seen
Singular
1st person I hadn't seen I had not seen
2nd person you hadn't seen you had not seen
3rd person he/she/it hadn't seen he/she/it had not seen
Plural
1st person we hadn't seen we had not seen
2nd person you hadn't seen you had not seen
3rd person they hadn't seen they had not seen
Question had I seen?
Singular
1st person had I seen?
2nd person had you seen?
3rd person had he/she/it seen?
Plural
1st person had we seen?
2nd person had you seen?
3rd person had they seen?
Negative question hadn't I seen?
Singular
1st person hadn't I seen? had I not seen?
2nd person hadn't you seen? had you not seen?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it seen? had he/she/it not seen?
Plural
1st person hadn't we seen? had we not seen?
2nd person hadn't you seen? had you not seen?
3rd person hadn't they seen? had they not seen?
Future perfect I'll have seen
Positive I'll have seen
Singular
1st person I'll have seen I will have seen
2nd person you'll have seen you will have seen
3rd person he/she/it'll have seen he/she/it will have seen
Plural
1st person we'll have seen we will have seen
2nd person you'll have seen you will have seen
3rd person they'll have seen they will have seen
Negative I won't have seen
Singular
1st person I won't have seen I will not have seen
2nd person you won't have seen you will not have seen
3rd person he/she/it won't have seen he/she/it will not have seen
Plural
1st person we won't have seen we will not have seen
2nd person you won't have seen you will not have seen
3rd person they won't have seen they will not have seen
Question +'ll I have seen?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have seen? will I have seen?
2nd person +'ll you have seen? will you have seen?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have seen? will he/she/it have seen?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have seen? will we have seen?
2nd person +'ll you have seen? will you have seen?
3rd person +'ll they have seen? will they have seen?
Negative question won't I have seen?
Singular
1st person won't I have seen? will I not have seen?
2nd person won't you have seen? will you not have seen?
3rd person won't he/she/it have seen? will he/she/it not have seen?
Plural
1st person won't we have seen? will we not have seen?
2nd person won't you have seen? will you not have seen?
3rd person won't they have seen? will they not have seen?
Conditional perfect I'd have seen
Positive I'd have seen
Singular
1st person I'd have seen I would have seen
2nd person you'd have seen you would have seen
3rd person he/she/it'd have seen he/she/it would have seen
Plural
1st person we'd have seen we would have seen
2nd person you'd have seen you would have seen
3rd person they'd have seen they would have seen
Negative I wouldn't have seen
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have seen I would not have seen
2nd person you wouldn't have seen you would not have seen
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have seen he/she/it would not have seen
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have seen we would not have seen
2nd person you wouldn't have seen you would not have seen
3rd person they wouldn't have seen they would not have seen
Question would I have seen?
Singular
1st person would I have seen?
2nd person would you have seen?
3rd person would he/she/it have seen?
Plural
1st person would we have seen?
2nd person would you have seen?
3rd person would they have seen?
Negative question wouldn't I have seen?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have seen? would I not have seen?
2nd person wouldn't you have seen? would you not have seen?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have seen? would he/she/it not have seen?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have seen? would we not have seen?
2nd person wouldn't you have seen? would you not have seen?
3rd person wouldn't they have seen? would they not have seen?
Imperative see!
Positive
you see!
we let's see!
Negative
you don't see!
we let's not see!
Examples see examples
How do I use see in a sentence?
Simple sentences
If you see a mistake, then please correct it.
I hope he'll be able to come! I'd like to see him.
Did you actually see the accident?
I hope to see you soon.
I hope to see his picture soon.
You see a white building at the foot of the hill.
I can't see anything with my right eye.
You'd better see a doctor and get a shot.
You ought to see a doctor.
May I see the wine list?
There's a problem there that you don't see.
It almost scared me not to see you online for a whole day.
It would be fun to see how things change over the years.
We don't see things as they are, but as we are.
It was a surprise to see all the students behaving with decorum on prom night.
We could see the sunset from the window.
It's very frustrating to try to find your glasses when you can't see anything without glasses.
If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intention of doing you good, you should run for your life.
If you think education is expensive, wait till you see what ignorance costs you.
I see it rarely.
Why are you telling me about hippos all of the sudden? I don't see the connection between that and your twelve red goldfishes.
I'm glad to see you back.
Movie subtitles
See you again.
Well, we have to go there and see? but I'll be a good match for a husband.
I wanted to see him.
To see Yoon.
You, do you want to see me die today?
We'll see.
C.C.-san came all the way here to see you.
Lelouch, is this what you wanted to see?
Um. today is my last day off, so I wanted to see what sort of place Area 11 is.
It looks like he can see me.
I see.
It's not like we'll never see each other again.
And as you can see, this was serious bricks and mortar, built to last.
As we'II see, there was more than one killer app, but the one that really started the ball rolling was surely competition - both the main driver of capitalism and of the fragmented European state system.
I won't be selfish and say I want to see her again.
I see. I did it for Nunnally!
But can't we see or feel that?
And the stars that we see?
And one of those questions caught his attention early on: the properties of the ensemble of stars we see in the sky, the Milky Way Galaxy.
So, he went to see this professor.
We do see the old main building of the radio station and a few other buildings.
Here you see the result and you see that the hydrogen clouds form a spiral shaped band around the Galactic Centre.
You can see four spiral arms.
Well, I'll see what I can do.
See, the thing is, me and my friends, we really like PBJs.
So they'd never see you.
No, no, they wouldn't see me at all.
Tell him I don't like to see a friend of mine so unhappy, so one more catch, I'll cut him loose.
See how that worked?
Let's see what you got.
Me and my crew hang out at the top of the slide so I can see what's going on in the whole yard, most of which I control.
This ball is my family's blood. You see these brown marks?
The reason I want to be a doctor is because I don't believe people should suffer, but I'd love to see Frankie get his ass kicked.
I can see.
Go and see. quick!
I was just trying to see if you were OK.
Things I thought people should see.
News and current affairs
Using this macro-historical framework, we can see Japanese deflation, European debt, and even the Arab Spring as phases of systemic changes within complex structures that are interacting with one another in a new, multipolar global system.
But donor countries want to see the money they give to finance schools or health clinics spent on schools and health clinics; they don't want to see it added to a nation's reserves.
Indeed, more than 20 years on, Western Germans still see no end in sight for the bills from German unification.
And to understand how something works is also to begin to see ways to modify and even control it.
It looks increasingly likely that, as under Leonid Brezhnev, we will see the same names in the news for decades to come.
Indeed, many EU members have been in a race with each other to see who will be Russia's closest friend in the Union.
The way people see the past tells us more about their present attitudes than about the past itself.
First, short-term interest rates were already so low that everyone would see further cuts as temporary only.
Above all, we need to show patience with the new governments of the countries we hope to see evolving toward democracy, and avoid the tendency to expect instant gratification.
There should be no doubt about the answer: it is clearly in the EU's interest to see Turkey's democracy and economy continue to strengthen.
They see new players (say, Spain) rising to shape EU policy, particularly foreign policy, and sense that their traditional leadership is being challenged.
Sometimes, when there is electricity, I watch television and see how people live in other places.
But many would like to see all this while watching TV rather than experience it in real life.
The Indian government will be nothing if not relieved to see the first girlfriend made a wife.
Some see this hostility to Israel as camouflaging old-fashioned anti-Semitism.
While Thein Sein would undoubtedly wish to see the myriad economic and political sanctions imposed on Burma quickly lifted, it is too soon for a general easing of such measures.
So he would have been flabbergasted to see his prophecy realized, not by communism, but by the globalization of Anglo-American economic liberalism.
Laws can make the separation of capital and political power transparent for all to see.
As investors learn more about Africa, they will increasingly see what it has to offer.