seen

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/siːn/

noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

against, little

The new safety regulations have been seen against the backdrop of recent workplace accidents.

VERB + SEEN

cloud, needn't, ought, stars

I've never seen stars so bright as they were last night in the countryside.

SEEN + NOUN

exhibition, fuji, kangaroo, movie, mt, sky, ufo

I've never seen an exhibition that impressed me as much as that one did.

PREP.

from, in

I haven't seen him in years, but I recognized him right away at the reunion.

ADV.

ever

I've never seen anything quite like that before in my entire life.

Definitions

noun

The letter س in the Arabic script.

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Idioms & Phrases

remain to be seen

To have not yet happened; to be as yet unknown.

It remains to be seen whether he will win the election.

have seen one's day

Of a person, thing, idea, etc., to be at the point in a life cycle or career of no longer being useful or effective; to be worn-out.

Now, as you say, and most every other one says, the grooving plan has seen its day. We must try some other plan.

children should be seen and not heard

Children should behave well and be quiet, especially in the presence of adults.

Until you can organize yourself and those who share your discontent, and compile and reconstruct some proposals for meeting the needs of gay youths, until you can present them in a

what has been seen cannot be unseen

Repulsive, disturbing, or horrific sights can never be erased from memory once they have been seen.

At Dachau he was witness to real rather than abstract suffering; what has been seen cannot be unseen, nor can it be rationalized.

have seen this movie

To have experienced a situation which is the same as or similar to the current situation, especially with a sense of the unpleasantness or tiresomeness of the recurring situation.

The 2008 presidential race may have been branded a "change" election, but abortion rights advocates have seen this movie before.

Example Bank

You needn't have seen him to the door.

Tatoeba · #15797

Have you ever seen him swimming?

Tatoeba · #15850

Have you ever seen a kangaroo?

Tatoeba · #16145

Have you ever seen a UFO?

Tatoeba · #16345

You will wish you had never seen it.

Tatoeba · #16549

You ought to have seen the exhibition.

Tatoeba · #16577

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