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seen

SEEN/siːn/

Noun pluralseens

4 meanings of seen

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past 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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  2. 2
    verbdialectal
    Past 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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  3. 3
    verbJamaicaintransitive
    Understood. 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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  4. 4
    nouncountable
    A 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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seen is a form of see

see, verb: To notice something with your eyes. Full entry

Forms
seesees he/she/itseeing -ing formsaw past tenseseen past participle
Spelling
see → seen: irregular (no -ed)

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Origins

Meanings 1–3

This comes from the word "see" plus the ending "-n".

Meaning 4

This comes from the Arabic word "sīn".