from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
conjunction Inasmuch as; in view of the fact.
noun The clarity of focus of an image in a telescope, measured by the angular size of a single star in that image.
from The Century Dictionary.
Because; inasmuch as; since; considering; taking into account, or in view of the fact (with that expressed or understood).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
In view of the fact (that); considering; taking into account (that); insmuch as; since; because; -- followed by a dependent clause.
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conjunction slangInasmuch as; in view of the fact that.
verb Present participle of see.
adjective Having vision; not blind.
noun The action of the verb to see; eyesight.
noun astronomy The movement or distortion of a telescopicimage as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun normal use of the faculty of vision
adjective having vision, not blind
noun perception by means of the eyes
Etymologies
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Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".
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see + -ing
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Get into the habit of seeing, _observing_, things -- your eyesight must never be resting, but must be continually glancing around, in every direction, and _seeing_ different objects.
What I'm most interested in seeing is if other, perhaps lesser, producers will try to ride the rising tide and attempt to sell their own single-vineyard wines for similar prices.
The law I would be interested in seeing is one that would make employers accomplices to any other violations committed by an illegal alien in their employ – and make the employer liable in civil suits for all actions outside the workplace that involve liability.
The law I would be interested in seeing is one that would make employers accomplices to any other violations committed by an illegal alien in their employ – and make the employer liable in civil suits for all actions outside the workplace that involve liability.
The law I would be interested in seeing is one that would make employers accomplices to any other violations committed by an illegal alien in their employ – and make the employer liable in civil suits for all actions outside the workplace that involve liability.
The only remake I am interested in seeing is Friday the 13th, i love the series and bought all of them on DVD but after watching them i realize that they really suck.
brobbins commented on the word seeing
intellect
July 23, 2009