Meanings
present singular third person sees to it · participle present seeing to it · past saw to it · participle past seen to it
- intransitiveTo ensure or guarantee (that something happens)
The security team saw to it that she arrived safely.
3 more examples
Would you please see to it that the kitchen is clean before I get home?
The Satan of the mystery plays was a Trickster, but a dignified one. Performances were sanctioned only for religious festival occasions, and both Church and town authorities saw to it that the guildsmen did not stray far from orthodoxy in their dramatic enthusiasm. This need to adhere to scriptural and traditional accounts of Satan constrained dramatic innovation in his long-established character.
1983, Wendy Griswold, “The Devil's Techniques: Cultural Legitimation and Social Change”, in American Sociological Review, volume 48, number 5, page 671a of 668–680As Daenerys has floundered, Sansa has seen to it that people are fed and sheltered—and how many times have we been reminded that those are the concerns of most folk in Westeros and elsewhere?
2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2021Synonyms: ensure, make sure, attend to, take care of, guarantee
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo ensure or guarantee (that something happens)
More synonyms by meaning
verbbe careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish varmistaa, pitää huolen
- varmistaato ensure
- pitää huolento ensure
German sein Augenmerk darauf haben, dass …
- sein Augenmerk darauf haben, dass …to ensure
Russian проследи́ть, проконтроли́ровать
- проследи́ть (prosledítʹ)to ensure
- проконтроли́ровать (prokontrolírovatʹ)to ensure
- приня́ть ме́ры (prinjátʹ méry)to ensure
Spanish encargarse
- encargarseto ensure
Ukrainian просте́жити
- просте́жити (prostéžyty)to ensure
Cite this entry
see to it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20to%20it
“see to it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20to%20it. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “see to it,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20to%20it.
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