see whether
1see whether you can do something — see if/whether/you can do something spoken phrase to try to do something I’ll see if I can find out what he’s up to. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym …
2whether — ► CONJUNCTION 1) expressing a doubt or choice between alternatives. 2) expressing an enquiry or investigation. 3) indicating that a statement applies whichever of the alternatives mentioned is the case. USAGE Whether and if are more or less… …
3See — (s[=e]), v. t. [imp. {Saw} (s[add]); p. p. {Seen} (s[=e]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, AS. se[ o]n; akin to OFries. s[=i]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[=a], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa[ i]hwan, and probably… …
4see — 1 /si:/ verb past tense saw past participle seen /si:n/ UNDERSTAND/REALIZE 1 (I, T) to understand or realize something: I can see that you re not very happy with the situation. | Seeing his distress, Louise put her arm around him. (+ why/what/who …
5see — see1 [ si ] (past tense saw [ sɔ ] ; past participle seen [ sin ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 notice with eyes/look at ▸ 2 meet/visit someone ▸ 3 for more information ▸ 4 understand something ▸ 5 consider particular way ▸ 6 imagine someone/something ▸ 7 find… …
6see — I UK [siː] / US [sɪ] verb Word forms see : present tense I/you/we/they see he/she/it sees present participle seeing past tense saw UK [sɔː] / US [sɔ] past participle seen UK [siːn] / US [sɪn] *** 1) [transitive, never progressive] to notice… …
7whether — /hwedh euhr, wedh /, conj. 1. (used to introduce the first of two or more alternatives, and sometimes repeated before the second or later alternative, usually with the correlative or): It matters little whether we go or stay. Whether we go or… …
8whether — wheth•er [[t]ˈ(h)wɛð ər, ˈwɛð [/t]] conj. 1) (used to introduce the first of two or more alternatives, and sometimes repeated before the second or later alternative, usu. with the correlative or): It matters little whether we go or stay. Whether… …
9whether — /ˈwɛðə / (say wedhuh) conjunction 1. (used in dependent clauses or the like, to introduce the first of two or more alternatives, and sometimes repeated before the second or later alternative and used in correlation with or): it matters little… …
10see*/*/*/ — [siː] (past tense saw [sɔː] ; past participle seen [siːn] ) verb 1) [T] to notice someone or something using your eyes She laughed when she saw the expression on his face.[/ex] She can t see a thing without her contact lenses.[/ex] Did you see… …
