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Definition: See Through |
See ThroughVerb1. Support financially through a period of time; "The scholarship saw me through college"; "This money will see me through next month". 2. Perceive the true nature of; "We could see through her apparent calm". 3. Remain with until completion; "I must see the job through". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discovery | Open the eyes to; see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot; detect; catch, catch tripping. |
Ignorance | See through a glass darkly; have a film over the eyes, have a glimmering; Noun: wonder whether; not know what to make of; (unintelligibility); not pretend to take upon, not take upon one self to say. |
Intelligence Wisdom | See through, see at a glance, see with half an eye, see far into, see through a millstone; penetrate; discern; (descry); foresee. |
Printing | Verb: print; compose; put to press, go to press; pass through the press, see through the press; publish; bring out; appear in print, rush into print; distribute, makeup, mortise, offset, overrun, rout. |
Unintelligibility | Not understand; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what to make of, be able to make nothing of, give it up; not be able to account for, not be able to make either head or tail of; be at sea; (uncertain); wonder; see through a glass darkly; (ignorance). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: See Through |
| English words defined with "see through": blind flying, blind landing ♦ Face to face, fogged, foggy ♦ indirection ♦ To look through. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "see through": eye piece ♦ Lynceus ♦ Rain ♦ visual air quality. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "see through": Diorama. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | He comes on with his big innocent farmboy routine, but I could see through that in a Peloponnesian minute. (Hercules; writing credit: Ron Clements; Barry Johnson) I think so. Would she see through the bars of his plight and ache for him? (Hannibal; writing credit: David Mamet) I know that you can't see through that door because it is a sheilded fire wall, but when you do get stronger and try to look through my clothes I'm gonna tear your head off and re-attatch it to his butt! (Generation X; writing credit: Eric Blakeney) Aw, we can see through you! (The Rainmakers; writing credit: Grant Garett; Leslie Goodwins) He can see through solid objects? (Smallville; writing credit: Richard Pinto; Sharat Sardana) | |
Lyrics | When it's just you, you can't see through (When Somebody Loves You; performing artist: Alan Jackson) And i see through to the heart of you (I Can Love You Like That; performing artist: All-4-One) Your eyes will always see through me (Price of Love; performing artist: Bad English) Some people see through the eyes of the old (An Innocent Man; performing artist: Billy Joel) You're gonna have to see through my perspective (Overprotected; performing artist: Britney Spears) | |
Clever | He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes. (references; author: unknown) | |
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Health | However, if your urine is so red that it is difficult to see through or if it contains clots or if you feel any discomfort, be sure to contact your doctor. (references) | |
Economic History | The Holy See | The Pope rules the Holy See through the Roman Curia and the Papal Civil Service. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gennifer Flowers | Well, I think that he can see through the polls that he still has a tremendous amount of support from the American public even under the circumstances. I think he's between a rock and a hard place. I mean, he does have a family to consider. |
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Expressions using "see through": i can't see through you ♦ see through a glass darkly ♦ see through a millstone ♦ see through smb. ♦ to see through a millstone. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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| Language | Translations for "see through"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mbaroj punë, kuptoj (apprehend, catch, comprehend, cotton on, fathom, figure out, find, gather, get, grasp, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick out, Pierce, see, sense, take, take in, twig on, understand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أدرك حقيقة الأمر (see it through), شفاف (clear, crystal, diaphanous, filmy, gauze, gauzy, gossamery, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разбирам машинациите на, разбирам преструвките, разбирам (apprehend, catch on, comprehend, cotton, discover, fathom, figure out, find out, follow, grasp, grip, have, latch, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick up, realize, riddle, rumble, see, sense, take, take in, think, understand, work out), виждам (behold, envisage, find, look up, make, open, perceive, see, see of, sight), прозрачен (bright, clear, crystal, crystalline, diaphanous, gauzy, hyaline, limpid, lucent, lucid, peek-a-boo, pellucid, sheer, transparent, white), прозирам (show through), превеждам през (take across), помагам в затруднение, извеждам на добър край, издържам докрай. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 識 (to penetrate, to see through). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dovést až do konce. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | voir travers, transparent, mener bonne fin, comprendre (see, see the light, sense). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | durchschauen (comprehend, look through, Pierce, psych, psyche, see clearly, to see through). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αντιλαμβάνομαι (apprehend, awake to, aware, catch, perceive, realise, realize, soak up, tumble to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לר"ת לעומקו של (get to the bottom of), לא ללכת שולל. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyomon követ folyamatot, átlát (to see through). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trasparente (diaphanous, radioscopic, sheer, transparant, transparent), portare a termine (bring off, carry off, carry out, do), capire (apprehend, bottom, catch, comprehend, get, make out, penetrate, perceive, pin down, push, read, realise, realize, see, take in, to understand, twig, understand), aiutare (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, befriend, help, help each other, help oneself, relieve, render, stimulate, succor, succour, support, to help). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 看 (fathom, penetration, reading another's thoughts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"ぱ (cold wave, fathom, penetration, reading another's thoughts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fakin ny hrooid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eesay oughthray levar a cabo (bring off, perform, prosecute, put it over, put through, transact), enxergar através de. (various references) pãtrunde gândurile cuiva (see through smb.). (various references) видеть насквозь. (various references) prozreti. (various references) ver a través de, transparente (clear, diaphanous, diaphragmatic, filmy, gauzy, lacy, limpid, thin, transparent), penetrar (bite, break through, diffuse, emerge, fathom, go through, infiltrate, Lodge, penetrate, perforate, permeate, see into, sink in, sink into, soak through, work in), llevar a cabo (accomplish, achieve, bring off, bring to pass, carry out, carry through, come, effect, execute, go through with, implement, make good, prosecute, pull through, push through, put through, realize, see it through, see out, top off, transact), calar (clock, drench, fix, lower, penetrate, rumble, soak through), ayudar a salir de un apuro. (various references) hjälpa igenom (carry through, put through, tide over), genomskåda (find out, penetrate, rumble), genomse (look through, revise), gå i land med, få igenom (get through). (various references) sonuna kadar götürmek (see out), yetmek (answer, cover, get along, last, serve, stretch, suffice, touch), yardım etmek (afford assistance, aid, assist, bear a hand, bear out, bear smb. out, bear up, befriend, comfort, further, give a hand, give a leg up, give smb. a leg up, give smb. a lift, hand, help, lend a hand, lend assistance, lend help to, lend oneself to, make oneself useful, pull through, second, service, support), yarım bırakmamak (see out), yarı yolda bırakmamak, transparan (peekaboo, sheer, transparent), işini görmek, içini görmek, destek olmak (arm, back, back up, bear up, bolster up, cooperate, roll a log for smb., shore, smile on, support), şeffaf (clear, crystalline, filmy, gauzy, hyaline, hyalo-, hyaloid, pellucid, sheer, transparent), arasından bakmak. (various references) розпізнавати (identify), бути присутнім до кінця, прозорий (bright, clear, crystal clear, crystalline, glassy, gossamer, hyaline, limpid, liquid, pellucid, perspicuous, sheer, transparent, unclouded), допомагати (abet, accommodate, advantage, assist, avail, beet, benefit, bestead, boot, boot out, cater, forward, lend a hand, oblige, promote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | perspecta, perspexerint, perspexerit, perspexero, perspexi, perspeximus, perspicies, perspicis. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 29, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai akousontai en th hmera ekeinh kwfoi logouV bibliou kai oi en tw skotei kai oi en th omiclh ofqalmoi tuflwn bleyontai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et audient in die illa surdi verba libri et de tenebris et caligine oculi caecorum videbunt |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And heren shul in that day deue men the wrdis of the boc, and fro dercnesses and mystynesses the eyen of blynde men shul seen; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark. |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 29, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Ug niadtong adlawa ang bungol makadungog sa mga pulong sa basahon, ug ang mga mata sa buta makakita gikan sa kadulum ug gikan sa kangitngitan. |
| Chinese | 那 時 、 聾 子 必 聽 見 這 書 上 的 話 ． 瞎 子 的 眼 、 必 從 迷 矇 黑 暗 中 得 以 看 見 。 |
| Croatian | I èut æe u onaj dan gluhi rijeèi knjige; osloboðene mraka i tmine, oèi æe slijepih vidjeti. |
| Danish | På hin Dag hører de døve Skriftord, og friet fra Mulm og Mørke kan blindes Øjne se. |
| Dutch | En te dien dage zullen de doven horen de woorden des Boeks; en de ogen der blinden, zijnde uit de donkerheid en uit de duisternis, zullen zien. |
| Finnish | Sinä päivänä kuurot kuulevat kirjan sanat, ja sokeiden silmät näkevät vapaina synkeästä pimeydestä. |
| French | En ce jour-l , les sourds entendront les paroles du livre; Et, délivrés de l`obscurité et des ténèbres, Les yeux des aveugles verront. |
| German | Und zu derselben Zeit werden die Tauben hören die Worte des Buches, und die Augen der Blinden werden aus Dunkel und Finsternis sehen, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada waktu itu orang tuli akan dapat mendengar kata-kata dari sebuah buku yang dibacakan, dan orang buta yang tadinya hidup dalam kegelapan akan dapat melihat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka pada hari itu juga orang-orang tuli kelak mendengar akan bunyi perkataan Alkitab, dan mata orang-orang butapun akan melihat dengan tiada kabur dan dengan tiada kegelapan. |
| Italian | Udranno in quel giorno i sordi le parole di un libro; liberati dall'oscurit e dalle tenebre, gli occhi dei ciechi vedranno. |
| Maori | I taua ra ka rongo nga turi i nga kupu o te pukapuka, ka kite ano nga kanohi o nga matapo i roto i te kakarauri, i te pouri. |
| Norwegian | Og på den dag skal de døve høre bokens ord, og ut fra mulm og mørke skal de blindes øine se, |
| Portuguese | Naquele dia os surdos ouvirão as palavras do livro, e dentre a escuridão e dentre as trevas os olhos dos cegos a verão. |
| Rumanian | Kn ziua aceea, surzii vor auzi cuvintele cqryii, wi ochii orbilor, izbqviyi de negurq wi kntunerec, vor vedea. |
| Spanish | En aquel tiempo los sordos oirán las palabras del libro, y los ojos de los ciegos verán desde la oscuridad y las tinieblas. |
| Swedish | De döva skola på den tiden höra vad som läses för de, och de blindas ögon skola se och vara fria ifrån dunkel och mörker; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"See Through" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: seethrough. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-h-o-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: resought, roughest. | |
-3 letters: gesture, heteros, rehouse, shouter, souther, through, tougher, troughs. | |
-4 letters: egrets, ergots, erugos, ethers, greets, grouse, grouts, gusher, hereto, heroes, hetero, heughs, horste, houser, hugest, others, oughts, ouster, outers, outsee, reshoe, reshot, retuse, rogues, rouges, roughs, routes, rouths, rugose, rushee, sheugh, sought, souter, stereo, stoure, theres, though, threes, thresh, throes, thrush. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-h-h-o-r-s-t-u" | |
+4 letters: slaughterhouse, thoroughnesses. | |
+5 letters: slaughterhouses. | |
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