saw

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɔː/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sɔ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sô)

Inflections of 'saw' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
saws
v 3rd person singular
sawing
v pres p
sawed
v past
sawed
v past p
sawn
v past p
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From the verb see: (⇒ conjugate)
saw is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections
v past

Collocations for "saw"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "saw" in context.

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see

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. see you [later, soon, again, tomorrow, then]
  2. see you at [noon, school]
  3. hope to see you [soon, again]
  4. I see what you mean
  5. ah, I see!
  6. see it in your eyes
  7. can see what you're [doing, trying]
  8. I don't see what's so [great, special, bad] about
  9. (start to) see [progress, change]
  10. see [a mistake, an error, the problem]
  11. see what happens (when)
  12. let's see if they [go, make, eat, do]
  13. (can) see the effects of
  14. see [your point, his reasoning, the signs]
  15. (make her) see [sense, reason]
  16. saw them [talking, stealing, dancing, smoking]
  17. see you to [the door, the exit, your table]
  18. will see you [out, off the premises]
  19. see a [light, shadow, flash]
  20. cannot see [very well, clearly]
  21. (can) see in the dark
  22. see through the [dark, snow, rain]
  23. [can, could] see through his [attempts, actions]
  24. have seen all kinds of things
  25. has seen it all before
  26. please see [page 3, chapter 9, over]
  27. hope to see a cure for
  28. see the [future, light]
  29. see it through a [microscope, telescope]
  30. (try to) see it through her eyes
  31. (expect to) see a [response, reaction] to
  32. [we shall, we'll] see
  33. saw [a great, a good, an awful] movie
  34. don't let [them, anyone] see you
  35. I see [you, your bid] (and I raise you)
  36. [I'm, I must be] seeing things
n
  1. religion: the see of [Edinburgh, Oxford]
  2. the [church, cathedral] see
  3. the see of the [Anglican, episcopal] church
'saw' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Friday - Morocco - Spain - a number of - advert - advertisement - advisory - afterwards - alert - alligator - ant - awesome - bald - band - bear - billboard - blade - board - breath - brush - cable - camera - cat - chain - change - cheetah - chick - chipmunk - chop - church - cinema - claim - clearing - clearly - clench - clown - coincidence - conquer - corresponding - cougar - crack - crash - creature - crowded - cruel - crying - curious - curl - darkness - deer

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