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beheld

[bih-held] / bɪˈhɛld /
ADJECTIVE
observed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attended checked detected noticed realized recognized
STRONG
ascertained contemplated descried discerned discovered espied examined found heard heeded inspected marked noted perceived regarded revealed scrutinized seen surveyed viewed watched
WEAK
looked at
Antonyms
WEAK
abandoned desecrated forgotten unnoticed unperceived unseen
ADJECTIVE
optic
Synonyms
STRONG
ocular optical
WEAK
discernible imaged observable observed perceptible seeable seen viewable viewed visible visional
ADJECTIVE
visual
Synonyms
STRONG
ocular optic optical
WEAK
discernible imaged observable observed perceptible seeable seen viewable viewed visible visional

Example Sentences

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Its concerns and desires are our 21st century concerns and desires, with Hildegard beheld as a proto-feminist icon.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

At least, it did until very recently, when we fully beheld the wretched manifestations of Meta’s desperate A.I. push.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2025

She hiked uphill from her riverside worksite and beheld a vista of sheer mountain slopes unbroken by rivers or streams.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

When we first beheld our most important Wolf-Rayet target, a star designated WR 104, on a computer monitor, it was a shimmering spiral that resembled a weirdly distorted Christmas bauble.

From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2023

She thought this the most moving sight she had ever beheld: a regiment of black, newly freed South Carolinians wearing the uniform of the Union forces, escorted by the band of a white regiment.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry