See crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “See” are WATCH, CHECK or LEARN, with 5 letters. Below are 58 answers from 4 to 10 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

LOOK 4 letters · verb

take charge of or deal with

WATCH 5 letters · verb

see or watch

FIGURE 6 letters · verb

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

CONTROL 7 letters · verb

be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something “control the quality of the product”

CONSIDER 8 letters · verb

deem to be “I consider her to be shallow”

DETERMINE 9 letters · verb

find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

UNDERSTAND 10 letters · verb

perceive (an idea or situation) mentally “I don't understand the idea”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, LOOK, FIND, MEET, HEAR, DATE and VIEW all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: L → LOOK · F → FIND · M → MEET · H → HEAR · D → DATE · V → VIEW. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, WATCH, CHECK, LEARN, VISIT, IMAGE and CATCH all fit. The first letter settles most of it: W → WATCH · C → CHECK, CATCH · L → LEARN · V → VISIT · I → IMAGE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, FIGURE, ENSURE, ATTEND, REGARD, GATHER and ASSURE all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: I → FIGURE · N → ENSURE · T → ATTEND · E → REGARD · A → GATHER · S → ASSURE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “seed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “see” means

• verb: perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight (“You have to be a good observer to see all the details”)
• verb: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally (“Now I see!”)
• verb: perceive or be contemporaneous with (“You'll see a lot of cheating in this school”)
• verb: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind (“I can't see him on horseback!”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as SEE, and words whose definition is SEE. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.