seen

The letter س in the Arabic script.

Noun

  1. The letter س in the Arabic script.

Origin

Etymology tree Arabic سِين (sīn)bor. English seen Borrowed from Arabic سِين (sīn).

Forms

seens

Verb

  1. past participle of see
    • Justice must be seen to be done.
  2. simple past of see; saw.
    • I seen it with my own eyes.
    • "Tut, tut, Sir Benjimen," said Bill, "stir up your memory, sir; cast your eye over them felons in the dock, and tell the Court how you seen them steal the bag." - 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus...
  3. Understood; comprehended.
    • Everything irie, seen?

Origin

Morphologically see + -n.

Antonyms

unseen

Derived

aforeseen afterseen beseen seenness seenzone underseen