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see

verb [+ (that)] (MAKE CERTAIN)
 
 
/siː/ (present participle seeing, past tense saw, past participle seen)

Definition

C2 to make certain that something happens: See (that) you're ready by five, or there'll be trouble. The receptionist said he'd see (that) she got the message.Causing things to happen
(Definition of see verb (MAKE CERTAIN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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