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un·seen

(ŭn-sēn′)

adj.

1. Not directly evident; invisible.

2. Not previously read or studied: an unseen translation.

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unseen

(ʌnˈsiːn)

adj

1. not observed or perceived; invisible

2. (Education) (of passages of writing) not previously seen or prepared

(Education) chiefly Brit a passage, not previously seen, that is presented to students for translation

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un•seen

(ʌnˈsin)

adj.

1. not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.

2. read, interpreted, played, etc., without prior examination or rehearsal, as a text or musical score.

[1150–1200]

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Noun	1.	unseen - a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit spiritual domain, spiritual world belief - any cognitive content held as true Kingdom of God - the spiritual domain over which God is sovereign
Adj.	1.	unseen - not observed unobserved undetected - not perceived or discerned; "they feared some undetected trace of poison"; "she looked around to be sure her faux pas was undetected"

unseen

adjective

1. unobserved, undetected, unperceived, lurking, unnoticed, unobtrusive I can now accept that there are unseen forces at work.

2. hidden, concealed, invisible, veiled, obscure playing computer games against unseen opponents

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Translations

estemporaneo non visto senza il tempo per esaminare

unseen

[ˈʌnˈsiːn]

A. ADJ (= hidden) → oculto; (= unknown) → desconocido; [translation] → hecho a primera vista
he managed to get through unseen → logró pasar inadvertido

B. N

1. (Scol) → traducción f (al idioma materno) hecha a primera vista

2. the unseen → lo invisible, lo oculto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unseen

[ʌnˈsiːn] adj

(= not visible) [person, audience, orchestra] → qu'on ne peut pas voir; [influence, force] → invisible
to do sth unseen → faire qch sans être vu(e)

(= not seen before) [photos, film] → inédit(e)

(= unforeseen) [danger, difficulty] → imprévu(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unseen

adj → ungesehen; (= invisible) → unsichtbar; (= unobserved) escape → unbemerkt; unseen by the public → der Öffentlichkeit nicht vorgestellt; unseen translation/examination paper (esp Brit Sch, Univ) → unvorbereitete Übersetzung/Prüfung

n (esp Brit) → unvorbereitete Herübersetzung

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unseen

[ʌnˈsiːn]

1. adj (person) → inosservato/a; (danger) → nascosto/a (Scol) (translation) → all'impronta

2. n (Scol) → traduzione f all'impronta

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He tried not to pay any attention to a strange rustling sound that he heard, as of an unseen multitude drawing near to listen to his words.

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The horse is hot and distressed, but answers to the desperate spurring; the rider looks as if his eyes were glazed by madness, and he saw nothing but what was unseen by others.

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here is need for you to put forth the might of your strong arms, for they of the Court are gaining the mastery in the tourney!" Called away by this noise and outcry, they proceeded no farther with the scrutiny of the remaining books, and so it is thought that "The Carolea," "The Lion of Spain," and "The Deeds of the Emperor," written by Don Luis de Avila, went to the fire unseen and unheard; for no doubt they were among those that remained, and perhaps if the curate had seen them they would not have undergone so severe a sentence.

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So frantic were their efforts to escape from the unseen thing behind me that one of the braves was hurled headlong from the cliff to the rocks below.

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These restless marauders, as has already been observed, are apt to be continually on the prowl about the skirts of the mountains; and even when encamped in some deep and secluded glen, they keep scouts upon the cliffs and promontories, who, unseen themselves, can discern every living thing that moves over the subjacent plains and valleys.

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One was that it was lighted from some unseen source; for no sun or moon was in the arched blue sky, although every object was flooded with a clear and perfect light.

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We had no germs of religion, no conceptions of an unseen world.

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The children especially going to school, the bluish doves flying down from the roofs to the pavement, and the little loaves covered with flour, thrust out by an unseen hand, touched him.

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I already felt myself falling in love with its unseen owner.

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Carthoris moved to Thuvia's side, and, standing there with naked sword, he let his brave eyes roam ceaselessly about the great chamber, that no foe might spring upon them unseen.

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Ojo knelt again and by feeling carefully in the dark managed to fill the flask with the unseen water that was in the well.

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Under cover of the tangled shrubbery they crawled unseen to the little door through which Joan de Tany had led him the night before.

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