Dutch | English |
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zien werkwoord | think [thought, thought, thinking, thinks](to conceive of something or someone) |
zien substantief {n} | vision [visions](sense or ability of sight) |
zien is geloven phrase | seeing is believing(you need to see something to believe it) |
ziener substantief | seer [seers](someone who foretells the future) |
ziener substantief {m} | prophet [prophets](one who speaks by divine inspiration) |
zieneres substantief {f} | prophet [prophets](one who speaks by divine inspiration) |
zienswijze substantief {f} | opinion [opinions](thought a person has formed about a topic) |
aangezien voegwoord | as(considering that, because) because(by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) since(because) whereas(it being the case that…) |
aanzien substantief | status [statuses](prestige or high standing) |
aanzien substantief {n} | prestige(dignity, status, or esteem) reputation [reputations](what somebody is known for) |
aanzienlijk bijvoeglijk naamwoord | considerable(worth considering) sensible(easily perceived, appreciable) |
aanzienlijk bijwoord | considerably(significantly) |
achteraf gezien phrase | in hindsight(the phrase "in hindsight") |
afgezien van preposition | apart from(except for) |
afgezien van bijwoord | otherwise(in all other respects) |
afzien werkwoord | abandon [abandoned, abandoning, abandons](to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property) give up(relinquish) |
afzien van werkwoord | waive [waived, waiving, waives](to relinquish; to give up claim to) |
al gezien al gedaan phrase | been there, done that(assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) |
bezienswaardigheid substantief | sight [sights](something worth seeing) |
bijziend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | myopic(unable to see distant objects unaided) |
bijziendheid substantief {f} | nearsightedness(property of being nearsighted) |
de realiteit onder ogen zien werkwoord | wake up and smell the coffee(to face reality and stop deluding oneself) |
doeg; tot ziens interjection | bye(short for goodbye, see also: goodbye) |
door de bomen het bos niet meer zien werkwoord | see the forest for the trees(to be overwhelmed by detail to the point where it obscures the overall situation) |
door de vingers zien werkwoord | overlook [overlooked, overlooking, overlooks](to pretend not to have noticed; to pass over without censure or punishment) turn a blind eye(to ignore or deliberately overlook) |
doorheen zien werkwoord | see through(perceive visually through something transparent) |
eerst zien phrase | seeing is believing(you need to see something to believe it) |
er uitzien werkwoord | look [looked, looking, looks](to appear, to seem) |
goed voorzien bijvoeglijk naamwoord | well-endowed(wealthy) |
graag gezien bijvoeglijk naamwoord | welcome(whose arrival is a cause of joy) |
graag zien werkwoord | like [liked, liking, likes](find attractive) |
helderziend substantief | sibylline(clairvoyant) |
helderziende bijvoeglijk naamwoord | visionary(prophetic or revelatory) |