seen
pronunciation
How to pronounce seen in British English:
UK [si:n]
How to pronounce seen in American English:
US [sin]
Word Origin
- seen
- Middle English sein, from Old English gesegen, gesewen, past participle of seon (see see (n.)). From c. 1200 as "perceived, discovered." To have seen everything as a hyperbolic expression of astonishment is from 1941. When you have seen one of their Pictures, you have seen all. [Blake, c. 1811]
Example
- 1. I had not seen any for over a week .
- 2. His mother must have seen him drive up .
- 3. We want to be seen and acknowledged .
- 4. He heard what he had not yet seen .
- 5. She had seen nothing , and fainted .