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How to sign: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
"I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted";
Similiar / Same: get word, get wind, get a line, learn, hear, find out, discover, pick up
Within this category: ascertain, discover, get the goods, trip up, wise up
How to sign: perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
"You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see";
Categories: comprehend, perceive
Within this category: behold, get a look, glimpse, see
How to sign: come together
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!";
Similiar / Same: meet, ran into, encounter, run across, come across
Within this category: intersect
How to sign: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
"I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy";
Similiar / Same: visualize, envision, fancy, picture, image, visualise, figure, project
Categories: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine
How to sign: make sense of; assign a meaning to
"What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?";
See also: collocate with, construe with, cooccur with, co-occur with, go with
Similiar / Same: interpret, construe
Categories: understand
Within this category: allegorize, educe, literalize, misconstrue, mythicize, read, read, read between the lines, reinterpret, spiritualize, take
