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Meanings of behold in English

Portuguese
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See with attention.

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To see, discover or determine something, unclear, distant or hidden, by looking carefully.

To have one's eyes, one's attention on something or someone.

To perceive by the visual faculty.

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Examples for "see"
Examples for "see"
1
Airlines, however, largely see their main funding requirements as a government responsibility.
Reuters
2
However, one answer I struggle to see is with my family situation.
Feminist dot com
3
Conditions changed completely and the government will see major changes, Ahmadinejad said.
Reuters
4
However, you'll see in the New Year on a happy note indeed!
The South African
5
In a good way -the way I choose to see reality.
The South African
Usage of behold in English
1
The sea of people lauding their team was quite magnificent to behold.
The Irish Times
2
And behold; for they too shall in the end behold their doom.
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
3
By faith we behold in Christ the vision of the ideal self.
Christianity and Ethics: A Handbook of Christian Ethics
4
He never moved; the twitchings of his face were terrible to behold.
The Goose Man
5
We should seek to behold the dead in the light of heaven.
A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
6
And behold at evening-tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.
A Romany of the Snows, vol. 3 / Being a Continuation of the Pers...
7
The world might now behold the stuff that was in Hamilton Tooting.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
8
For all the amazing access, there were no great revelations to behold.
The Guardian
9
Again: We behold in our father the beauty of a Christian faith.
Forty Years in South China: The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talma...
10
The revolution in video for children has been a wonder to behold.
Wired
11
I had only one concern, one burning drive: to behold Troy again.
Helen of troy
12
So behold Lydia entered in the Cooking Course which was not popular.
Lydia of the Pines
13
This was combustible, breathless and blisteringly competitive and therefore enthralling to behold.
The Guardian
14
And behold, a few years later comes a Shadow Moon to Malaz.
Night of Knives
15
But behold, all has been in vain; there can be no reconciliation.
The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
16
Nevertheless there is great splendor in the structure as we behold it.
Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance
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Translations for behold
Portuguese
verobservar
Behold through the time
Behold across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Rare