videō

From Proto-Italic *widēō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.de.oː/, [ˈu̯ɪd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.de.o/, [ˈviːd̪eo]

Verb

videō (present infinitive vidēre, perfect active vīdī, supine vīsum); second conjugation

1. to see, perceive; look (at) [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

   Synonyms: intueor, conspicor, tueor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, speciō, invīsō

   Vidēsne eum venīre? ― Do you see him coming?

2. to observe, note [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: observō, servō, cōnspiciō, spectō, cōnspicor, cū̆stōdiō, intueor, animadvertō

3. to understand, perceive, comprehend [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

   Synonyms: apprehendō, comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, concipiō, excipiō, exaudiō

4. to look (at), consider, reflect (upon) [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: reflectō, ponderō, putō, pendō, perpendō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, cōnsultō, dēlīberō, replicō, dubitō, circumspiciō, trahō, versō

5. to look out for, see to, care for, provide, make sure [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

   Synonyms: cūrō, accūrō, prōcūrō, cū̆stōdiō, servō, cōnsulō, colō, cōnsultō, caveō, respiciō

6. (passive voice) to be regarded, seem, appear [ quotations ▼]
7. (passive voice, used impersonally) to seem proper or right