What does seeing mean?

Definitions for seeing
ˈsi ɪŋsee·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word seeing.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. visual perception, beholding, seeingnoun

    perception by means of the eyes

  2. eyesight, seeing, sightednessadjective

    normal use of the faculty of vision

  3. seeingadjective

    having vision, not blind

Wiktionary

  1. seeingnoun

    The action of the verb to see; eyesight.

  2. seeingnoun

    The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.

  3. seeingadjective

    Having vision; not blind.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Seeing, Seeing thatadverb

    It would be more grammatically written, as in French, seen that, or provided that. Since; sith; it being so that.

    Etymology: vû que, French; from see.

    Why should not they be as well victualled for so long time, as the ships are usually for a year, seeing it is easier to keep victuals on land than water? Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

    How shall they have any trial of his doctrine, learning, and ability to preach, seeing that he may not publickly either teach or exhort, because he is not yet called to the ministry? John Whitgift.

    Seeing every nation affords not experience and tradition enough for all kind of learning, therefore we are taught the languages of those people who have been most industrious after wisdom. John Milton, on Education.

    Seeing they explained the phenomena of vision, imagination, and thought, by certain thin fleeces of atoms that flow from the surfaces of bodies, and by their subtlety penetrate any obstacle, and yet retain the exact lineaments of the several bodies from which they proceed: in consequence of this hypothesis they maintained, that we could have no phantasy of any thing, but what did really subsist either intire or in its several parts. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

  2. Seeingnoun

    Sight; vision.

    Etymology: from see.

    Love adds a precious seeing to the eye. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. seeing

    Seeing refers to the cognitive process of perceiving visual information through the eyes. It involves the reception and interpretation of light waves that are emitted or reflected from objects in the environment. This sensory perception allows individuals to visually recognize and understand their surroundings, distinguish shapes, colors, and patterns, and navigate the world visually. Seeing also involves the integration of visual information with other senses to create a holistic perception of the environment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Seeing

    of See

  2. Seeing

    in view of the fact (that); considering; taking into account (that); insmuch as; since; because; -- followed by a dependent clause; as, he did well, seeing that he was so young

Wikidata

  1. Seeing

    Seeing is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese author José Saramago. It was published in Portuguese in 2004 and in English in 2006. It is a sequel to one of his most famous works, Blindness.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Seeing

    sē′ing, n. sight: vision.—conj. since: because: taking into account.—n. See′ing-stone (obs.), a looking-glass, a divining crystal.

Editors Contribution

  1. seeingverb

    Verb form of the word see.

    We remember seeing the beautiful lake at the park when we visited, we promised to visit again during another season.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 6, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'seeing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1801

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'seeing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1207

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

How to pronounce seeing?

How to say seeing in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seeing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seeing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of seeing in a Sentence

  1. Alana Krivo-Kaufman:

    How do we make change in general, as we're seeing from the streets of DC to Ferguson to New York? I do think that sometimes you have to shut it down.

  2. Charlene Jones:

    It baffles the mind, he actually is the first face that our new employees are seeing for orientation.

  3. Jeremi Gorman:

    It definitely does start at the top, seeing those changes at the top is the most important lesson that we can teach the company at scale, and then obviously those kinds of things trickle down.

  4. Katherine Foss:

    As we are seeing with the coronavirus today, disease can profoundly impact a community—upending routines and rattling nerves as it spreads from person to person. But the effects of epidemics extend beyond the moments in which they occur.

  5. Sarah Longwell:

    I think women are going to cost Donald Trump this election, now what we're seeing is not just a get a gender gap. It is a gender chasm with women, especially suburban women are walking away in droves.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

seeing#1#2956#10000

Translations for seeing

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for seeing »

Translation

Find a translation for the seeing definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"seeing." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 19 Jan. 2025. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/seeing>.

Discuss these seeing definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for seeing? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    a wide scope
    A contempt
    B impurity
    C sweep
    D hodgepodge

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for seeing: