seen

seen · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past participle of *see*; perceived with the eyes or experienced.

  2. 2.

    Used in perfect tenses to indicate visual experience or understanding.

  3. 3.

    Experienced or witnessed over time.

Related words

See also: saw, see, seeing
Synonyms: noticed, observed, viewed, witnessed

Etymology

From Middle English sewen, sene, past participle of seen ("to see"), from Old English sewen, gesēwen, past participle of sēon ("to see"). The form developed from Proto-Germanic sehwanaz, past participle of sehwaną ("to see").