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How to sign: perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
"You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see";
Categories: comprehend, perceive
Within this category: behold, get a look, glimpse, see
How to sign: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
"Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea";
Similiar / Same: understand, realize, realise
Within this category: appreciate, perceive
How to sign: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
"I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy";
Similiar / Same: visualize, envision, picture, image, visualise, figure, project
Categories: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine
How to sign: make sense of; assign a meaning to
"What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?";
See also: collocate with, construe with, cooccur with, co-occur with, go with
Similiar / Same: interpret, construe
Categories: understand
Within this category: allegorize, educe, literalize, misconstrue, mythicize, read, read, read between the lines, reinterpret, spiritualize, take
How to sign: come together
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!";
Similiar / Same: meet, ran into, encounter, run across, come across
Within this category: intersect
How to sign: date regularly; have a steady relationship with
"Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!";
Similiar / Same: go steady, date, go out
Categories: affiliate, associate, assort, consort
How to sign: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
"I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time";
Similiar / Same: find out, ascertain, learn, determine, check
Within this category: test
How to sign: go or live through
"We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam";
Similiar / Same: experience, go through, undergo
Categories: participate, take part
Within this category: come, enjoy, feel, know, suffer, suffer, witness
