Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

what you see is what you get

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.61 in modern English

Syllables: what y-ou see is what y-ou get
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

The image corresponds to the reality.

phrase

The screen image resembles the printed output.

Example Sentences

"What you see is what you get. No one's been disappointed yet."
"With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]"
"Sonic: What you see is what you get! Just a guy that loves adventure! I’m Sonic the Hedgehog!"
"For:Word, like Wang's editing system, is an early approach to a what-you-see-is-what-you-get word processor."

Etymology

Originally a humorous allusion to a catchphrase popularized by the comedian Flip Wilson on American TV in the 1960s.

Inflected Forms

what-you-see-is-what-you-get (alternative)

Phrases

by name and by nature do exactly what it says on the tin I told you so live up to one's name dead dove what did I tell you

Frequently Paired Words

by name and by nature do exactly what it says on the tin I told you so live up to one's name dead dove Ronseal what did I tell you

Synonyms

WYSIWYG

Questions

What does what you see is what you get mean?: The image corresponds to the reality.
Where does what you see is what you get come from?: Originally a humorous allusion to a catchphrase popularized by the comedian Flip Wilson on American TV in the 1960s.

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