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seen¹

  • /siːn/
  • /sɪn/ UK, dialectal

Sounds like scene, sin (UK, dialectal) · Rhymes with -iːn, -ɪn (UK, dialectal)

Where it comes from

Morphologically see + -n.

verb

  1. participle, past past participle of see Justice must be seen to be done.

    Opposite: unseen

interjection

  1. Jamaica Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.

    Similar: understood, got it

  2. Jamaica Requests confirmation that the listener has understood the speaker. Everything irie, seen?

    Similar: understand?, got it?, capisce?

verb

  1. Jamaica, dialectal, nonstandard, past simple past of see: saw. I seen it with my own eyes.

seen²

  • /siːn/
  • /sɪn/ UK, dialectal

Sounds like scene, sin (UK, dialectal) · Rhymes with -iːn, -ɪn (UK, dialectal)

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic سِين (sīn).

noun seens

  1. Jamaica The letter س in the Arabic script.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: observed, witnessed, showed, gone, rated, catch, apprehended, lived, come, concerned, done, displayed, achieved, miz, become, determined

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"seen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/seen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

seen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/seen

Chicago

"seen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/seen.

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@misc{seen_2026,
  title = {seen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}