Sehen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- behold verb To look at or see something, especially something impressive.
- eyesight noun The ability to see; vision.
- lo intj An old-fashioned exclamation used to draw attention to something, meaning roughly "look" or "behold."
- look verb To direct one's eyes toward something in order to see it.
- see verb To perceive something with the eyes.
- seeing noun The ability or act of perceiving with the eyes.
- sight noun The ability to see; vision.
- view noun What can be seen from a particular place, especially scenery.
- watch noun A small timepiece worn on the wrist or carried in a pocket.
Senses
Sehen is used for these senses in English:
- behold To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
- eyesight Vision or the faculty of sight.
- lo (archaic, _, except in the phrase lo and behold) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
- look To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
- play by ear (transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur, often with risk of negative outcomes; to improvise.
- see (transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- see (figuratively) To understand.
- seeing The act or fact of perceiving something with the eyes; eyesight.
behold — full definition
- verb To look at or see something, especially something impressive.
- interjection Used to draw attention dramatically to something.