Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- conjunction Inasmuch as; in view of the fact.
- noun The clarity of focus of an image in a telescope, measured by the angular size of a single star in that image.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Because; inasmuch as; since; considering; taking into account, or in view of the fact (with that expressed or understood).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- In view of the fact (that); considering; taking into account (that); insmuch as; since; because; -- followed by a dependent clause.
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- conjunction slang
Inasmuch as ; inview of thefact that. - verb Present participle of
see . - adjective Having
vision ; notblind . - noun The action of the verb to see;
eyesight . - noun astronomy The
movement ordistortion of atelescopic image as a result ofturbulence in theEarth 'satmosphere .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun normal use of the faculty of vision
- adjective having vision, not blind
- noun perception by means of the eyes
Etymologies
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Examples
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Get into the habit of seeing, _observing_, things -- your eyesight must never be resting, but must be continually glancing around, in every direction, and _seeing_ different objects.
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What I'm most interested in seeing is how much corporate money makes a difference in this November as well as in 2012.
I’ll Tell You Exactly What Rob McKenna was Thinking « PubliCola 2010
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What I would be more interested in seeing is the number of failures reported to the BBB for lack of resolution within a given warranty period.
Laptop-Reliability Study Highlights The Most Sturdy Laptop Makers | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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What I'm most interested in seeing is if other, perhaps lesser, producers will try to ride the rising tide and attempt to sell their own single-vineyard wines for similar prices.
Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Vineyards Gewurztraminer 2009
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I might check out the Godfather on Blur-Ray, but what I am most interested in seeing is Casablanca.
DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for February 2, 2010 - The Retroist 2010
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The law I would be interested in seeing is one that would make employers accomplices to any other violations committed by an illegal alien in their employ – and make the employer liable in civil suits for all actions outside the workplace that involve liability.
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Employer Enforcement On Immigration Comes To Arizona 2008
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The law I would be interested in seeing is one that would make employers accomplices to any other violations committed by an illegal alien in their employ – and make the employer liable in civil suits for all actions outside the workplace that involve liability.
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The law I would be interested in seeing is one that would make employers accomplices to any other violations committed by an illegal alien in their employ – and make the employer liable in civil suits for all actions outside the workplace that involve liability.
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The only debate I'm interested in seeing is between Barack Obama & John McCain.
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The only remake I am interested in seeing is Friday the 13th, i love the series and bought all of them on DVD but after watching them i realize that they really suck.
Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Muary To Helm Halloween 2? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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July 23, 2009