Seem definition: You use seem to say that someone or something gives the ... To everyone who knew them, they seemed an ideal couple. ... [V adj that].
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seem
(siːm
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Wordforms:3rdpersonsingularpresent
tenseseems
,presentparticipleseeming
,pasttense,pastparticipleseemed
1. linkverb[nocont]
Youuseseemtosaythatsomeoneorsomethinggivestheimpressionofhavingaparticularquality,or
ofhappeninginthewayyoudescribe.
Weheardaseriesofexplosions.Theyseemedquitecloseby.[VERBadjective]
Everyoneseemsbusyexceptus.[VERBadjective]
Toeveryonewhoknewthem,theyseemedanidealcouple.[VERBnoun]
£50seemsalottopay.[VERBnoun]
Thecalmingeffectseemedtolastforabouttenminutes.[VERBto-infinitive]
Itwasarecordthatseemedbeyondreach.[VERBpreposition]
Theproposalseemsdesignedtobreakoppositiontothegovernment'seconomicprogramme.[VERB-ed]
Itseemsthattheattackthismorningwasverycarefullyplannedtocausefewcasualties.[VERBthat]
Itseemsclearthathehasnoreasonablealternative.[Vadjthat]
Itseemedasifshe'dbeengoneforever.[Vasif]
ThereseemstobealotofsupportinCongressforthismove.[VERBto-infinitive]
Thereseemsnopossibilitythatsuchactioncanbeaverted.[VERBnoun]
Thisphenomenonisnotasoutrageousasitseems.[VERB]
Synonyms:appear,givetheimpressionofbeing,look,sound MoreSynonymsofseem
2. linkverb[nocont]
Youuseseemwhenyouaredescribingyourownfeelingsorthoughts,ordescribingsomethingthathashappenedtoyou,inordertomakeyourstatementlessforceful.
[vagueness]Iseemtohavelostallmyself-confidence.[VERBto-infinitive]
Iseemtoremembergivingyouverypreciseinstructions.[VERBto-infinitive]
Iseemedtohavecontractedthestomachproblem.[VERBto-infinitive]
Excuseme,Iseemtobealittlebitlost.[VERBto-infinitive]
3. Seecannotseem
4. Seealsoseeming
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seeminBritishEnglish
(siːm
)
verb(maytakeaninfinitive)1. (copula)
toappeartothemindoreye;look
thisseemsnice
thecarseemstoberunningwell
2. togivetheimpressionofexisting;appeartobe
thereseemsnoneedforallthisnonsense
3. usedtodiminishtheforceofafollowinginfinitivetobepolite,morenoncommittal,etc
Ican'tseemtogetthroughtoyou
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Derivedformsseemer(ˈseemer)noun
WordoriginC12:perhapsfromOldNorsesomatobeseem,fromsœmrbefitting;relatedtoOldEnglishsēmantoreconcile;seesame
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seeminAmericanEnglish
(sim
)
verbintransitive1. a.
toappeartobe;havethelookofbeing
toseemhappy
b.
toappear;givetheimpressionusuallyfollowedbyaninfinitiveheseemstoknowthefacts
c.
tohavetheimpression;thinkfollowedbyaninfinitiveIseemtohavelostit
2.
toappeartoexist
thereseemsnopointingoing
3.
tobeapparentlytrue
itseemshewashere
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WordoriginMEsemen,prob.same
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seeminAmericanEnglish
(sim)
intransitiveverb1. toappeartobe,feel,do,etc
Sheseemsbetterthismorning
2. toappeartoone'sownsenses,mind,observation,judgment,etc
Itseemstomethatsomeoneiscalling
3. toappeartoexist
Thereseemsnoneedtogonow
4. toappeartobetrue,probable,orevident
Itseemslikelytorain
5. togivetheoutwardappearanceofbeingortopretendtobe
Heonlyseemsfriendlybecausehewantsyoutolikehim
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Wordorigin[1150–1200;MEseme‹ONsœmatobefit,beseem,deriv.ofsœmrfitting,seemly;akintosōmihonor]
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Everyoneseemstowantapieceofhim.Times,SundayTimes(2010)Thisseemstohavegivenitachancetorestandrecover.TheSun(2006)Weseemedtogetonwelltogether.Stewart,Bob(Lt-Col)BrokenLives(1993)Wegotonsowellitseemednaturaltogetcloseonthesofa.TheSun(2012)Thereseemssomethingsopoignantaboutitall.Times,SundayTimes(2015)Everyoneseemstohavethoughtthesamething.Times,SundayTimes(2013)Theyseemtogivethemawaynow.TheSun(2007)Thedifferencemaynowseemtrivial,butnotthen.Times,SundayTimes(2011)
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/siːm/VERBYouuseseemtosaythatsomeoneorsomethinggivestheimpressionofhavingaparticularquality,orthatsomethinggivestheimpressionofhappeninginthewayyoudescribe.Everyoneseemsbusy.AmericanEnglish:seem
/ˈsim/Arabic:يَبْدو
BrazilianPortuguese:parecer
Chinese:似乎
Croatian:činitise
Czech:zdátse
jevitseDanish:synes
Dutch:schijnen
lijkenEuropeanSpanish:parecer
Finnish:vaikuttaajoltakin
French:sembler
German:scheinen
SituationGreek:φαίνομαι
Italian:sembrare
Japanese:ように思われる
Korean:보이다
Norwegian:synes
Polish:wydaćsię
EuropeanPortuguese:parecer
Romanian:apăreaRussian:казаться
LatinAmericanSpanish:parecer
Swedish:verka
Thai:ดูเหมือน
Turkish:görünmek
Ukrainian:здаватисяVietnamese:dườngnhư
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