seeing that

Idioms  

1. Also, seeing as or seeing as how. In view of, inasmuch as. For example, Seeing that you're coming anyhow, I decided not to take notes for you, or Seeing as they liked her first book, they were sure to make a good offer for the second one. The first expression was used by Shakespeare in Julius Caesar (2:2): “Seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.“ The variants are colloquialisms and are recorded from the second half of the 1900s, although they probably have been in much longer use orally.

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Example Sentences

When the support worker arrived at the flat she dialled 999 after seeing that Thea was cold, not making any sounds and looked an "awful colour".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Some investors are pulling their money from the nontraded BDCs after seeing that comparable public funds are trading at a steep discount.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“This is not one monolithic patient population, and I think we’re seeing that with the launch of the oral Wegovy,” David Hyman, Lilly’s chief medical officer, said separately at the same event.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Global fund managers aren’t seeing that risk, based on Bank of America’s closely tracked survey, but they are worried about stagflation and taking some of their money out of riskier assets.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

I kept seeing that room and all the faces.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Related Words

• because
• since