Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To see or look under or below; see below the surface of.

  2. (transitive)To look intently into; examine; inspect.

  3. (rare, transitive)To neglect; fail to see properly or adequately; turn a blind eye to; ignore.

  4. (humorous, nonce word, transitive)To supervise from below.

Origin

From under- + see. Cognate with Dutch onderzien (“to see below”), German untersehen (“to s

From under- + see. Cognate with Dutch onderzien (“to see below”), German untersehen (“to see below”).

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Forms

undersees, underseeing, undersaw, underseen
Base formundersee · to undersee
3rd person singularundersees
Present participleunderseeing
Past simpleundersaw
Past participleunderseen

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyundersee
he, she, itundersees

Past simpleLesson

all personsundersaw

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave underseen
he, she, ithas underseen

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill undersee

Word family

1 related words
RelatedoverseeC1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
underrepresentunderscoreunderseaB2undershirtundersideunderstaff
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