different between seen vs onscreen

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?n, IPA^(key): /?si?n/, (also) /?s?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Homophone: scene

Etymology 1

Verb

seen

1. past participle of see
2. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of see; saw.

   I seen it with my own eyes.

Antonyms

• unseen

Etymology 2

From Arabic ????? (s?n)

Noun

seen (plural seens)

1. The letter ? in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

• Nees, eens, esne, sene, snee

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagen.

Verb

seen

1. (Issime) to say

References

• “seen” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *seeni. Cognate of Finnish sieni and Latvian s?ne.

Noun

seen (genitive seene, partitive seent)

1. mushroom
2. fungus

Declension

Finnish

Noun

seen

1. genitive singular of see

Ingrian

Noun

seen

1. mushroom

Luxembourgish

Verb

seen

1. second-person singular imperative of seenen

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English s?on

Pronunciation

• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /sø?n/
• IPA^(key): /se?n/

Verb

seen

1. to see

Usage notes

The conjugation of this verb is highly variable; the forms given below are only a representative selection.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: see
• Scots: se, sie, see

Scots

Verb

seen

1. past participle of sei

English

Alternative forms

• on-screen

Etymology

on +? screen

Adjective

onscreen (not comparable)

1. As seen on a screen (as of television, film, or computer) rather than in real life.

Adverb

onscreen (not comparable)

1. Inside the frame of the cinema, television or computer screen.
   • 2010 May 10, Herbert L. Tyson, Word 2010 Bible

     Think of them [task panes] as dialog boxes that enable you to type while they're onscreen.

   • 2017 October 27, Todd C. Frankel, “In $25 billion video game industry, voice actors face broken vocal cords and low pay”[1], Washington Post

     And the best voice actors — their names known to fans and promoted by companies — can become celebrities despite never appearing onscreen.

Antonyms

• offscreen

Translations