see

verb [T] (UNDERSTAND)

/siː/ (present participle seeing, past tense saw, past participle seen)

Definition

B1 to understand, know, or realize: [+ (that)] I see (that) the social club is organizing a theatre trip next month. [+ question word] He can't see what difference it makes to come (= he doesn't think it is important if he comes) on Thursday instead of Friday. They didn't see the need/any need (= understand that it was important) to notify their members of the changes in writing. They only refused to help because they're too busy, but he seems to see more in it than that. "I'm tired." "So I see - you've been yawning all afternoon." The chairwoman thought the new scheme was a great improvement, but I couldn't see it myself (= couldn't understand why it was thought to be good, or didn't agree). I was surprised that they couldn't see my point of view. The government didn't want to be seen to be making concessions to terrorists. After she read his book she started to see the issue in another/a different/a new light (= differently).Understanding and comprehending

(Definition of see verb (UNDERSTAND) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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