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saw

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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):

Forum discussions with the word(s) "saw" in the title:

, <to answer or not to answer>, as I saw fit. - English Only forum
,<dimly as> they saw each other, they could not have done that without the aid of the fire. - English Only forum
.. witnesses that saw .. - English Only forum
...and saw on her leg was blood. - English Only forum
...he <would><will> have been... when I <saw><see> him tomorrow. [reported speech] - English Only forum
...since I saw you last OR ...since I last saw you - English Only forum
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun - English Only forum
'cause it's everything he ever saw - English Only forum
'Feim" ? saw it on a t-shirt on a tv variety show, and the - English Only forum
'He did see me' instead of 'He saw me' - English Only forum
'I saw your ship blow up' construction ? - English Only forum
'never see' or 'never saw' - English Only forum
'Since I first saw your face' or 'Since first I saw your face' - English Only forum
'Still', 37 states saw .... - English Only forum
'the attacks saw' - English Only forum
“When the teacher saw the paints, he was so delighted that he presented Kenneth a new box of paints.” - English Only forum
(The) last time you saw me - English Only forum
[wouldn't have answered when I called] vs. [would have been surprised when I saw] - English Only forum
[Year] saw... (about an event that happened in a specific year) - English Only forum
~and I saw my father/~and to see my father - English Only forum
1) When I saw him was (on) Sunday. 2) It was (on) Sunday when I saw him. - English Only forum
2013 saw - English Only forum
A butterfly I saw fly by the willow tree! - English Only forum
a deal <that saw> the Syrian regime.... - English Only forum
A growth saw - English Only forum
a lot of mileage out of the fact that no one outside the character's die-hard fandom saw it coming - English Only forum
a war that saw many... - English Only forum
After he <saw/ had seen> [past simple vs past perfect] - English Only forum
All at once she saw it full summer again - English Only forum
almost reaching the forest before I saw you - English Only forum
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