English Online Dictionary. What means seeing? What does seeing mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiːɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -iːɪŋ
Etymology 1
see + -ing
Verb
seeing
- present participle and gerund of see
Derived terms
Adjective
seeing (not comparable)
- Having vision; not blind.
Synonyms
- sighted
Translations
Noun
seeing (countable and uncountable, plural seeings)
- The action of the verb to see; eyesight.
- (astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".
Conjunction
seeing
- (slang) Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.
- Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.
Translations
Anagrams
- Geisen, Giesen, genies, signee
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English seeing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiːʔiŋ(ː)/, [ˈs̠iːʔiŋ(ː)]
- Syllabification(key): see‧ing
Noun
seeing
- (astronomy) seeing (the movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere)