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verb

Voir, apercevoir

(stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.

Examples :

"I see my daughter every day after school. "

Je vois ma fille tous les jours après l'école.

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verb

Visualiser, imaginer

To form a mental picture of.

Examples :

"Before the presentation, I saw the whole room full of expectant faces in my mind. "

Avant la présentation, j'ai imaginé toute la salle remplie de visages attentifs dans mon esprit.

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verb

Rencontrer, rendre visite à

(social) To meet, to visit.

Examples :

"I'll see my grandparents this weekend. "

Je vais rendre visite à mes grands-parents ce week-end.

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verb

Avoir lieu, se dérouler

To be the setting or time of.

Examples :

"1999 saw the release of many great films."

1999 a vu la sortie de nombreux grands films.

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verb

S'assurer que, veiller à ce que

(by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.

Examples :

"The teacher saw to it that all the students finished their homework before the weekend. "

Le professeur s'est assuré que tous les élèves avaient fini leurs devoirs avant le week-end.

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verb

Servir, accompagner

To wait upon; attend, escort.

Examples :

"I saw the old lady safely across the road."

J'ai accompagné la vieille dame en sécurité de l'autre côté de la route.

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verb

Suivre, checker

To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.

Examples :

"In the poker game, Sarah saw her opponent's bet, and she saw it with a bet of the same amount. "

Au poker, Sarah a suivi la mise de son adversaire, et elle a suivi avec une mise du même montant.

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verb

Déterminer, constater

To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).

Examples :

"We need to see if the new method will improve student test scores. "

Nous devons déterminer si la nouvelle méthode améliorera les résultats des tests des élèves.

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verb

Voir, consulter

(used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.

Examples :

"For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C."

Pour une preuve complète de la conjecture de Poincaré, consultez l'annexe C.

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verb

Examiner, regarder, utiliser

To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.

Examples :

"Can I see that lighter for a second? Mine just quit working."

Puis-je examiner ce briquet une seconde ? Le mien vient de tomber en panne.

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verb

Voir, connaître

To include as one of something's experiences.

Examples :

"The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects."

L'équipement n'a pas été utilisé en dehors de nos projets.

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interjection

Voyez, regardez

Directing the audience to pay attention to the following

Examples :

"See, the deadline for the project is tomorrow. "

Voyez, l'échéance du projet est demain.

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interjection

Voyez, regardez

Introducing an explanation

Examples :

"See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon."

Voyez, pour gagner le prix complet, nous devrions trouver un stratagème pour poser un rover sur la Lune.

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noun

Diocèse, archevêché

A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.

Examples :

"The bishop visited the see to inspect the new church construction. "

L'évêque a visité le diocèse pour inspecter la construction de la nouvelle église.

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noun

Siège épiscopal, évêché

The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric

Examples :

"The archbishop's see is located in the cathedral city. "

Le siège de l'archevêque est situé dans la ville de la cathédrale.

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noun

Siège, siège épiscopal

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

Examples :

"The king's new see is located in the capital city. "

Le nouveau siège du roi est situé dans la capitale.

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