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seem

  • verb
  • /ˈsiːm/

To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.

Example

“She is seeming a bit down these days.   Her eyes seem blue.   It must have seemed to her she was safe.   How'd she seem to you?   He seems not to be at home.   "It seems like rain". "It seems to me (to be) rather sleety."; "There seem to be a few problems."”

Other meanings

  1. To befit; to beseem.

Related words

  • misseem
  • seemer
  • seemless
  • can't seem
  • meseems
  • seeming
  • seemingly
  • seemly
  • seemlihood
  • seemliness

Example sentences

  • “What seems to be the problem, officer?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “That does certainly seem to be the case.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “There doesn't seem to be consensus on this.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old Norse "sœma" (to conform to, beseem, befit).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “seem” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.