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1 seeing that
(since; considering that: Seeing that he's ill, he's unlikely to come.) þar sem -
2 see
I [si:] past tense - saw; verb1) (to have the power of sight: After six years of blindness, he found he could see.) sjá2) (to be aware of by means of the eye: I can see her in the garden.) sjá3) (to look at: Did you see that play on television?) sjá4) (to have a picture in the mind: I see many difficulties ahead.) sjá fyrir sér5) (to understand: She didn't see the point of the joke.) sjá, skilja6) (to investigate: Leave this here and I'll see what I can do for you.) athuga7) (to meet: I'll see you at the usual time.) sjá, hitta8) (to accompany: I'll see you home.) fylgja•- seeing that
- see off
- see out
- see through
- see to
- I
- we will see II [si:] noun(the district over which a bishop or archbishop has authority.) biskupsdæmi -
3 charge
1. verb1) (to ask as the price (for something): They charge 50 cents for a pint of milk, but they don't charge for delivery.) setja upp, láta borga2) (to make a note of (a sum of money) as being owed: Charge the bill to my account.) (láta) skrifa3) ((with with) to accuse (of something illegal): He was charged with theft.) kæra4) (to attack by moving quickly (towards): We charged (towards) the enemy on horseback.) gera áhlaup5) (to rush: The children charged down the hill.) hlaupa, storma6) (to make or become filled with electricity: Please charge my car battery.) hlaða7) (to make (a person) responsible for (a task etc): He was charged with seeing that everything went well.) hlaða2. noun1) (a price or fee: What is the charge for a telephone call?) verð2) (something with which a person is accused: He faces three charges of murder.) ákæra3) (an attack made by moving quickly: the charge of the Light Brigade.) áhlaup4) (the electricity in something: a positive or negative charge.) rafhleðsla5) (someone one takes care of: These children are my charges.) skjólstæðingur6) (a quantity of gunpowder: Put the charge in place and light the fuse.) hleðsla•- charger- in charge of
- in someone's charge
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4 sight
1. noun1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) sjón2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) sjónmál, augsÿn3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) e-ð sem vert er að sjá4) (a view or glimpse.) sÿn, nasasjón5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) e-ð sem er sjón að sjá6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) sigti, mið2. verb1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) sjá, eygja2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) miða, sigta út•- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of -
5 hallucination
[həlu:si'neiʃən](the seeing of something that is not really there: He had hallucinations after he took drugs.) ofskynjun -
6 short-sighted
adjective (seeing clearly only things that are near: I don't recognize people at a distance because I'm short-sighted.) nærsÿnn
См. также в других словарях:
seeing that — seeing as/that/spoken phrase used for giving the reason why you are saying something Seeing as it’s your money, I suppose you can buy whatever you want. Maybe we should throw a party, seeing that it’s Dan’s birthday next week. Thesaurus … Useful english dictionary
seeing that … — seeing that… idiom (also informal seeing as (how)…) because of the fact that… • Seeing that he s been off sick all week he s unlikely to come. Mai … Useful english dictionary
seeing that — considering that. We should go to the concert, seeing that we ve already paid for the tickets … New idioms dictionary
seeing that — given that, the evidence shows that … English contemporary dictionary
seeing that it's you — seeing as/how/that/it’s you spoken phrase used for saying that you are giving someone special treatment because you know and like them Thesaurus: favouritism and unfairnesssynonym … Useful english dictionary
seeing — is commonly used as a kind of conjunction, often followed by that, with the meaning ‘because, considering that’: • He was the kid brother whom I helped as far as I could, seeing that we had no mother B. Cobb, 1971. The origin of the expression in … Modern English usage
Seeing — See ing, conj. (but originally a present participle). In view of the fact (that); considering; taking into account (that); insmuch as; since; because; followed by a dependent clause; as, he did well, seeing that he was so young. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
seeing as — seeing as/that/spoken phrase used for giving the reason why you are saying something Seeing as it’s your money, I suppose you can buy whatever you want. Maybe we should throw a party, seeing that it’s Dan’s birthday next week. Thesaurus … Useful english dictionary
seeing as (how) … — seeing that… idiom (also informal seeing as (how)…) because of the fact that… • Seeing that he s been off sick all week he s unlikely to come. Mai … Useful english dictionary
seeing — see|ing [ siıŋ ] conjunction seeing as/how/(that) SPOKEN used for giving the reason why you are saying something: Seeing as it s your money, I suppose you can buy whatever you want. Maybe we should throw a party, seeing that it s Dan s birthday… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
seeing — UK [ˈsiːɪŋ] / US [ˈsɪɪŋ] conjunction seeing as/that spoken used for giving the reason why you are saying something Seeing as it s your money, I suppose you can buy whatever you want. Maybe we should throw a party, seeing that it s Dan s birthday… … English dictionary
