seen
Noun pluralseens
Pluralseens
- 1Past participle of see. Use it after has, have, had, is, was or were.
I have seen that movie three times already.
She had seen the warning signs long before the crash.
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- 2Past tense of see. A dialect form used in place of "saw."
I seen him at the store yesterday.
We seen the storm coming from a mile off.
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- 3Understood. In Jamaica, people say it to check that you get something, or to show they get it.
Be at the school gate by six tomorrow, seen?
"Don't tell Grandma about the party yet." "Seen, I won't say a word."
Similarunderstood
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- 4A letter of the Arabic alphabet, written as the character س.
Like the letter S in the English alphabet.
Write a seen at the start of the word, then add the vowel marks.
He confused the seen with the sheen because both letters share a similar curve.
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Showing meanings only.
seen is a form of see
see, verb: To notice something with your eyes. Full entry
- Spelling
- see → seen: irregular (no -ed)
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Origins
This comes from the word "see" plus the ending "-n".
This comes from the Arabic word "sīn".