see whether you can do something

see 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
Main entry: see

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • see if 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 …   Useful english dictionary

  • You Can't Do That on Television — Scene from the third opening Genre Comedy Format Live action, Variety, Sketch comedy …   Wikipedia

  • can take something or leave it — informal phrase to not care whether you have, see, or do something I like chocolate, but I can take it or leave it. Thesaurus: to not care about somethingsynonym Main entry: take …   Useful english dictionary

  • You Can't Take It with You — This article is about the play. For the film, see You Can t Take It With You (film). For the album by As Tall As Lions, see You Can t Take It with You (album). You Can t Take It With You Written by George S. Kaufman Moss Hart Characters Alice… …   Wikipedia

  • can take something or leave it — informal to not care whether you have, see, or do something I like chocolate, but I can take it or leave it …   English dictionary

  • see — 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… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • see — 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… …   English dictionary

  • see*/*/*/ — [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… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • You Suck At Photoshop (web series) — You Suck At Photoshop Also known as YSAP Genre comedy, tutorial Starring Troy Hitch Voices of Troy Hitch as Donnie Hoyle Matt Bledsoe as Sn4tchbuckl3r Country of origin …   Wikipedia

  • see — 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 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”