seen

verb, noun — 4 senses

seen

verb

UK /sɪn/ · /siːn/

Etymology Morphologically see + -n.

1

Participle, Past past participle of see

Justice must be seen to be done.

2

Dialectal, Nonstandard, Past 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 and Robertson, page 156:

3

Jamaica Understood; comprehended.

Everything irie, seen?

Antonyms: unseen
Derived terms: aforeseen, afterseen, beseen, seenness, seenzone, underseen

seen

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Arabic سِين (sīn).

1

The letter س in the Arabic script.

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