seem

seem

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈsiːm/]

Senses

1. seem (verb) — sense 1

Definition: 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."

2. seem (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To befit; to beseem.

Example: And all within were pathes and alleies wide,
With footing worne, and leading inward farre:
Faire harbour that them seemes; so in they entred arre.

Structure of the word

Roots:
  • sem (Proto-Indo-European)

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