seeing

verbadjectivenounconjunctiontop 1 000 in film dialogue

//ˈsiː.ɪŋ//

Having vision; not blind.

verb

1
Also a form of seepresent 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.

Etymology

From see + -ing.

adjective

1
Having vision; not blind.

noun

1
The act or fact of perceiving something with the eyes; eyesight.
To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]
2
The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.

conjunction

1
slangInasmuch as; in view of the fact that.
Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.

Etymology

Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".

Forms

plural: seeings

seed · Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as…Seed · A surname.Seeds · A Life-like cellular automaton with the rule B2/S.

seeing · Having vision; not blind.

seek · To try to find; to look for; to search for.Seek · A surname from German.seeker · One who seeks.

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