Seem definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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]. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'seem'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× seem (siːm ) 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 COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers EnglishEasyLearningGrammarTypesandformsofamainverbWhatarethetypesofmainverbinEnglish?WhataretheformsofmainverbsinEnglish?WhatareirregularverbsinEnglish?...   Readmore Video:pronunciationof seem Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'seem' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'seem' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'regift' HindiTranslationof'seem' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency seeminBritishEnglish (siːm ) verb(maytakeaninfinitive)1. (copula) toappeartothemindoreye;look thisseemsnice thecarseemstoberunningwell 2. togivetheimpressionofexisting;appeartobe thereseemsnoneedforallthisnonsense 3. usedtodiminishtheforceofafollowinginfinitivetobepolite,morenoncommittal,etc Ican'tseemtogetthroughtoyou ▶ USAGESeenoteatlike1CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsseemer(ˈseemer)noun WordoriginC12:perhapsfromOldNorsesomatobeseem,fromsœmrbefitting;relatedtoOldEnglishsēmantoreconcile;seesame WordFrequency seeminAmericanEnglish (sim ) verbintransitive1. a.  toappeartobe;havethelookofbeing toseemhappy b.  toappear;givetheimpressionusuallyfollowedbyaninfinitiveheseemstoknowthefacts c.  tohavetheimpression;thinkfollowedbyaninfinitiveIseemtohavelostit 2.  toappeartoexist thereseemsnopointingoing 3.  tobeapparentlytrue itseemshewashere Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEsemen,prob.same WordFrequency 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 Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1150–1200;MEseme‹ONsœmatobefit,beseem,deriv.ofsœmrfitting,seemly;akintosōmihonor] Examplesof'seem'inasentence seem Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… 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) Trendsof seem Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages seem BritishEnglish:seem /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 Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically seem seeld seelie seely seem seemamiss seemintenton seemelesse AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'S' Relatedtermsof seem cannotseem seemamiss seemintenton Source DefinitionofseemfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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