Meanings
seeing1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of see
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.
2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21
plural seeings
- countableuncountableastronomyThe movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
seeing2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving vision; not blind.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving vision, not blind
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
seeing · verb, adjective, noun
- Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
- Proto-Germanic*sehwaną
- Proto-West Germanic*sehwan
- Old Englishsēon
- Middle Englishseen
- Englishsee
- Englishseeing
seeing · conjunction
Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَصِير, مُبْصِر
- بَصِير (baṣīr)having vision; not blind
- مُبْصِر (mubṣir)having vision; not blind
- رُؤْيَة (ruʔya)the action of the verb to see; eyesight
Bulgarian зрящ, зрение
- зрящ (zrjašt)having vision; not blind
- зрение (zrenie)the action of the verb to see; eyesight
Chinese Mandarin 明眼
- 明眼 (míngyǎn)having vision; not blind
Czech vidomý, vidoucí
- vidomýhaving vision; not blind
- vidoucíhaving vision; not blind
Danish seende
- seendehaving vision; not blind
Finnish näkevä, näkeminen
- näkevähaving vision; not blind
- näkeminenthe action of the verb to see; eyesight
- seeingthe movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere
French voyant
- voyanthaving vision; not blind
German sehend, Sehen
- sehendhaving vision; not blind
- Sehenthe action of the verb to see; eyesight
Irish feiceáil
- feiceáilthe action of the verb to see; eyesight
Latin videns
- videnshaving vision; not blind
Latvian redzošs, redzīgs
- redzošshaving vision; not blind
- redzīgshaving vision; not blind
Russian ви́дящий, зря́чий
- ви́дящий (vídjaščij)having vision; not blind
- зря́чий (zrjáčij)having vision; not blind
- ви́дение (vídenije)the action of the verb to see; eyesight
- зре́ние (zrénije)the action of the verb to see; eyesight
Spanish vidente, videncia
- videntehaving vision; not blind
- videnciathe action of the verb to see; eyesight
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with seeing
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Cite this entry
seeing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeing
“seeing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seeing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeing.
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