How to pronounce see

Say it like this: /si/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/si/
British/siː/

What does see mean?

verbTo perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.

“To see us, you'd think we've been married for years, but actually just met a few months ago.”

To witness or observe by personal experience.

“Now I've seen it all!”

To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc.

“I saw the latest Tarantino flick last week.”

intjIntroducing an explanation.

“See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.”

nounA diocese or archdiocese: a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.

The office of a bishop or archbishop.

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign, autonomous, or autocephalous power is exercised.

“Ioue laught on Venus from his ſouerayne ſee”

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