bishopric, diocese - the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

seat - a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

Holy See, State of the Vatican City, The Holy See - the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929

perceive, comprehend - to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

glimpse - catch a glimpse of or see briefly; "We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine"

see - see and understand, have a good eye; "The artist must first learn to see"

catch a glimpse, get a look - see something for a brief time

behold, lay eyes on - see with attention; "behold Christ!"

view, watch, take in, see, catch - see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"

see - observe as if with an eye; "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it"

perceive - become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"

take account, appreciate - be fully aware of; realize fully; "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?"

envision, fancy, image, picture, visualize, visualise, figure, see, project - 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"

see - see and understand, have a good eye; "The artist must first learn to see"

get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, find out, discover, pick up, see - 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"

catch - become aware of; "he caught her staring out the window"

experience, go through, undergo, see - go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"

find - perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"

realize, see, understand, realise - perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"

visualise, visualize - for a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; "Mathematicians often visualize"

conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"

expect - consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

receive - regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received"

construe, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

reconsider - consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing; "Won't you reconsider your decision?"

reconsider - consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, in legislation

include - consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits"

think, believe, conceive, consider - judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

consider - regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"

call - consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful"

like - feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; "How did you like the President's speech last night?"

relativise, relativize - consider or treat as relative

identify - consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees"

favor, favour - consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored"

abstract - consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

reify - consider an abstract concept to be real

idealise, idealize - consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death"

deem, take for, view as, hold - keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible"

esteem, respect, value, prise, prize - regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"

disesteem, disrespect - have little or no respect for; hold in contempt

make - consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it"

capitalise, capitalize - consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses

prize, treasure, value, appreciate - hold dear; "I prize these old photographs"

get the goods - discover some bad or hidden information about; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail"

wise up - get wise to; "They wised up to it"

trip up, catch - detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator"

ascertain - learn or discover with certainty

discover, find - make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

witness, see, find - perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"

see - 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"

watch - look attentively; "watch a basketball game"

visualise, visualize - view the outline of by means of an X-ray; "The radiologist can visualize the cancerous liver"

spectate - be a spectator in a sports event

preview - watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public

insure, see to it, ensure, ascertain, check, assure, control, see - be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"

ascertain, determine, find out, find - after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

test - determine the presence or properties of (a substance)

intersect, cross - meet at a point

foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

proofread, proof - read for errors; "I should proofread my manuscripts"

check off, tick off, mark off, tick, check, mark - put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"

control - verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; "control an account"

check - verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts"

double-check - check once more to be absolutely sure

cross-check - check out conflicting sources; crosscheck facts, for example

cinch - make sure of

card - ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor; "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!"

spot-check - pick out random samples for examination in order to ensure high quality

verify - confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"

ascertain, find out, learn, watch, determine, see, check - find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

cover - maintain a check on; especially by patrolling; "The second officer covered the top floor"

verify, control - verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments; "Are you controlling for the temperature?"

see - receive as a specified guest; "the doctor will see you now"; "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon"

call in, visit, call - pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"

call in, visit, call - pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"

visit, see - visit a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"

tour - make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer"

see - go to see for a social visit; "I went to see my friend Mary the other day"

take in - visit for entertainment; "take in the sights"

slum - visit slums for entertainment or out of curiosity

minister - attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time"

tend - have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"

give care, care - provide care for; "The nurse was caring for the wounded"

receive, take in, invite - express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"

see - go to see for professional or business reasons; "You should see a lawyer"; "We had to see a psychiatrist"

date - go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"

assort, consort, affiliate, associate - keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"

realize, see, understand, realise - perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"

see - 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"

deliberate, moot, debate, consider, turn over - think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

see - 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"

detect, discover, notice, observe, find - discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"

search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

x-ray - examine by taking x-rays

candle - examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

autopsy - perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem

auscultate - examine by auscultation

survey - look over in a comprehensively, inspect; "He surveyed his new classmates"

glance over, scan, skim, rake, run down - examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

scan - examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"

peruse - examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure"

scrutinise, scrutinize, size up, take stock - to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror"

search, look - search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"

inspect - look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully"

check - make an examination or investigation; "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class"

experience, know, live - have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"

suffer, endure - undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

suffer, meet - undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

feel - undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her"

enjoy - have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom"

witness, see, find - perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"

come - experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset"

participate, take part - share in something

accompany - go or travel along with; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"

card game, cards - a game played with playing cards

wager, bet, play - stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"

understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"

be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misunderstand, misinterpret - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

read between the lines - read what is implied but not expressed on the surface

mythicise, mythicize - interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology; "mythicize the ancient stories"

literalise, literalize - make literal; "literalize metaphors"

spiritualise, spiritualize - give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense

reinterpret - assign a new or different meaning to

allegorise, allegorize - interpret as an allegory

read, take - interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"

read - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

read, scan - obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

educe, elicit, evoke, extract, draw out - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"