seeing

1. 1
   verb

   The -ing form of see. Use it to name the action, or after a noun to describe it.

   I am seeing my friends this weekend.

   Seeing the ocean for the first time made her smile.

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2. 2
   conjunctionslang

   Used to give the reason for something, much like because.

   Seeing as it's raining, we should stay inside today.

   We took the bus, seeing as the car was broken.

   Similarsince

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3. 3
   adjective

   Able to see, not blind.

   The seeing students described the painting to their blind classmate.

   A seeing guide led the group safely through the dark cave.

   Similarsighted

   Oppositeblind

4. 4
   noununcountable

   The act of using your eyes to notice things, or eyesight.

   Seeing is believing, as the old saying goes.

   She trusts her own seeing more than other people's stories.

   Similarsight, vision, eyesight

   Oppositeblindness

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   How blurry or shaky a star looks in a telescope because of moving air.

   Like trying to read words at the bottom of a wobbling pool of water.

   The seeing was poor, so the planet looked fuzzy in the telescope.

   Astronomers wait for nights with steady seeing to take sharp photos.

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