seeing

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːɪŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːɪŋ

Etymology 1

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From see +‎ -ing.

Verb

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seeing

  1. present participle and gerund of see
    • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
      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.
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Adjective

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seeing (not comparable)

  1. Having vision; not blind.
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Noun

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seeing (countable and uncountable, plural seeings)

  1. The action of the verb to see; eyesight.
    • 2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus, page 73:
      To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires []
  2. (astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
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Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

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seeing

  1. (slang) Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.
    Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.
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Finnish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English seeing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːʔiŋ(ː)/, [ˈs̠iːʔiŋ(ː)]
  • Rhymes: -iːʔiŋ
  • Hyphenation(key): see‧ing

Noun

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seeing

  1. (astronomy) seeing (the movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere)

Declension

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Inflection of seeing (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative seeing seeingit
genitive seeingin seeingien
partitive seeingiä seeingejä
illative seeingiin seeingeihin
singular plural
nominative seeing seeingit
accusative nom. seeing seeingit
gen. seeingin
genitive seeingin seeingien
partitive seeingiä seeingejä
inessive seeingissä seeingeissä
elative seeingistä seeingeistä
illative seeingiin seeingeihin
adessive seeingillä seeingeillä
ablative seeingiltä seeingeiltä
allative seeingille seeingeille
essive seeinginä seeingeinä
translative seeingiksi seeingeiksi
abessive seeingittä seeingeittä
instructive seeingein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of seeing (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative seeingini seeingini
accusative nom. seeingini seeingini
gen. seeingini
genitive seeingini seeingieni
partitive seeingiäni seeingejäni
inessive seeingissäni seeingeissäni
elative seeingistäni seeingeistäni
illative seeingiini seeingeihini
adessive seeingilläni seeingeilläni
ablative seeingiltäni seeingeiltäni
allative seeingilleni seeingeilleni
essive seeinginäni seeingeinäni
translative seeingikseni seeingeikseni
abessive seeingittäni seeingeittäni
instructive
comitative seeingeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative seeingisi seeingisi
accusative nom. seeingisi seeingisi
gen. seeingisi
genitive seeingisi seeingiesi
partitive seeingiäsi seeingejäsi
inessive seeingissäsi seeingeissäsi
elative seeingistäsi seeingeistäsi
illative seeingiisi seeingeihisi
adessive seeingilläsi seeingeilläsi
ablative seeingiltäsi seeingeiltäsi
allative seeingillesi seeingeillesi
essive seeinginäsi seeingeinäsi
translative seeingiksesi seeingeiksesi
abessive seeingittäsi seeingeittäsi
instructive
comitative seeingeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative seeingimme seeingimme
accusative nom. seeingimme seeingimme
gen. seeingimme
genitive seeingimme seeingiemme
partitive seeingiämme seeingejämme
inessive seeingissämme seeingeissämme
elative seeingistämme seeingeistämme
illative seeingiimme seeingeihimme
adessive seeingillämme seeingeillämme
ablative seeingiltämme seeingeiltämme
allative seeingillemme seeingeillemme
essive seeinginämme seeingeinämme
translative seeingiksemme seeingeiksemme
abessive seeingittämme seeingeittämme
instructive
comitative seeingeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative seeinginne seeinginne
accusative nom. seeinginne seeinginne
gen. seeinginne
genitive seeinginne seeingienne
partitive seeingiänne seeingejänne
inessive seeingissänne seeingeissänne
elative seeingistänne seeingeistänne
illative seeingiinne seeingeihinne
adessive seeingillänne seeingeillänne
ablative seeingiltänne seeingeiltänne
allative seeingillenne seeingeillenne
essive seeinginänne seeingeinänne
translative seeingiksenne seeingeiksenne
abessive seeingittänne seeingeittänne
instructive
comitative seeingeinenne