sees

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of see.

   He sees patterns in the data that everyone else misses.

   The captain sees the storm clouds gathering on the horizon.

   Note

   The -s form the verb takes after he, she, it or any singular noun, in every one of its meanings: she sees the ship (perceiving), he sees a film every Friday (watching), she finally sees her mistake (realizing). The same spelling is also the plural of a bishop's see, a noun of quite different meaning. The surrounding sentence almost always settles which one is meant.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of see.

   The reform redrew the boundaries of three neighboring sees.

   Wealthier sees often controlled vast tracts of land in the Middle Ages.

   Note

   A plural that belongs mostly to church administration and history. It counts dioceses, or the bishops' offices that govern them, as in neighboring sees or the wealthier sees of a kingdom. Less often it counts the letter C written out as a word, a spelling that also appears as cee. Context separates the bishoprics from the alphabet easily.

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