Antonyms for see to
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : see |
Phonetic Transcription : si |
- abandon
- abstain
- aid
- assist
- be absent
- be lazy
- bear
- begin
- block
- break
- careless
- cease
- change
- commence
- condemn
- confuse
- corrupt
- create
- damage
- defer
- deny
- destroy
- differ
- disarrange
- disconnect
- discourage
- disorder
- disorganize
- disperse
- disregard
- dissuade
- disturb
- eat out
- endanger
- fail
- forget
- forsake
- give up
- halt
- harm
- heedless
- help
- hesitate
- hinder
- hurt
- idle
- ignore
- impede
- inattentive
- incautious
- indiscreet
- injure
- introduce
- keep
- leave
- look away
- lose
- mismanage
- miss
- mix up
- move
- neglect
- negligent
- not finish
- obstruct
- overlook
- pass
- play fair
- prevent
- put off
- rash
- refuse
- relinquish
- remain
- renounce
- resign
- ruin
- scatter
- start
- starve
- stay
- stop
- thoughtless
- uncareful
- undo
- unfit
- unfix
- unobservant
- unsettle
- upset
- worsen
Definition of see to
Origin :- Old English seon "to see, look, behold; observe, perceive, understand; experience, visit, inspect" (contracted class V strong verb; past tense seah, past participle sewen), from Proto-Germanic *sekhwanan (cf. Old Saxon, Old High German sehan, Middle High German, German sehen, Old Frisian sia, Middle Dutch sien, Old Norse sja, Gothic saihwan), from PIE root *sekw- (2) "to see," which is probably identical with *sekw- (1) "to follow" (see sequel), a root which produced words for "say" in Greek and Latin, and also words for "follow" (cf. Latin sequor), but "opinions differ in regard to the semantic starting-point and sequences" [Buck]. Thus see might originally mean "follow with the eyes."
- Used in Middle English to mean "behold in the imagination or in a dream" (c.1200), "to recognize the force of (a demonstration)," also c.1200. Sense of "escort" (e.g. to see someone home) first recorded 1607 in Shakespeare. Meaning "to receive as a visitor" is attested from c.1500. Gambling sense of "equal a bet" is from 1590s. See you as a casual farewell first attested 1891. Let me see as a pausing statement is recorded from 1510s. To have seen everything as a hyperbolic expression of astonishment is from 1957.
- When you have seen one of their Pictures, you have seen all. [Blake, c.1811]
- As in watchful : adj on the lookout
- As in nurse : verb care for, tend
- As in organize : verb arrange, systematize
- As in attend : verb pay attention; apply oneself
- As in tend : verb care for
- As in transact : verb do business, carry out
- As in smarten : verb fix
- As in deal/deal with : verb handle, manage
- As in do : verb carry out
- As in fix : verb mend, repair
Synonyms for see to
- accomplish
- achieve
- act
- adapt
- adjust
- administer
- advance
- aid
- alert
- all ears
- amend
- approach
- arrange
- attend
- attend to
- attentive
- baby-sit
- be responsible for
- behave
- behave toward
- bring about
- button down
- button up
- buy
- careful
- carry on
- catalogue
- catch
- cater to
- cause
- cautious
- chary
- cherish
- circumspect
- classify
- clear
- clinch
- close
- codify
- combine
- complete
- compose
- concentrate on
- concern
- conclude
- conduct
- conduct oneself
- consider
- constitute
- construct
- control
- cook
- coordinate
- cope with
- corral
- correct
- correlate
- cradle
- create
- cultivate
- debug
- defend
- determine
- devote oneself
- direct
- discharge
- discuss
- dispose
- do
- do for
- do one's thing
- do up
- doctor
- effect
- effectuate
- emend
- enact
- encourage
- end
- engage in
- establish
- execute
- face-lift
- fashion
- father
- feed
- fiddle with
- finish
- fit
- fix
- fix up
- follow
- form
- formulate
- forward
- foster
- frame
- fulfill
- further
- get a handle on something
- get a load of
- get going
- get ready
- get together
- get with it
- glued
- go for it
- group
- guard
- guarded
- hack it
- handle
- harbor
- harmonize
- have to do with
- hear
- hearken
- heed
- heedful
- hooked
- humor
- immunize
- indulge
- inoculate
- irradiate
- jell
- keen
- keep
- keep alive
- keep an eye on
- keep one's eye on
- keep tabs on
- lend an ear
- lick into shape
- line up
- listen
- listen up
- live with
- look after
- look on
- maintain
- make
- make a go of it
- make it
- make ready
- manage
- mark
- marshal
- medicate
- methodize
- mind
- minister to
- mold
- mother
- move
- negotiate
- not missing a trick
- note
- notice
- nourish
- nurse
- nurture
- observant
- observe
- occupy oneself with
- on guard
- on one's toes
- on the ball
- on the job
- on the qui vive
- on the watch
- open-eyed
- operate
- organize
- overhaul
- oversee
- pamper
- patch
- pay heed
- perform
- pick up
- pigeonhole
- play
- prepare
- prepared
- preserve
- produce
- promote
- prosecute
- protect
- pull off
- put in order
- put to rights
- put together
- range
- ready
- rebuild
- recondition
- reconstruct
- regard
- regulate
- restore
- retread
- revamp
- review
- revise
- rid
- ride herd on
- run
- run with the ball
- safeguard
- see after
- see to
- sell
- serve
- set up
- settle
- sew up
- shape
- shepherd
- shield
- sit
- sort
- spruce
- standardize
- straighten
- straighten out
- succeed
- succor
- superintend
- supervise
- support
- suspicious
- tabulate
- tailor
- take
- take care of
- take care of business
- take charge of
- take on
- take under wing
- TCB
- transact
- treat
- tune up
- unburden
- undertake
- unsleeping
- use
- vaccinate
- vigilant
- wait on
- wakeful
- wary
- watch
- watch out for
- watch over
- whip into shape
- wide-awake
- wind up
- with eyes peeled
- work
- work out a deal
- wrap up
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