What does seem mean?

Definitions for seem
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. look, appear, seemverb

    give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

    "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"

  2. appear, seemverb

    seem to be true, probable, or apparent

    "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"

  3. seemverb

    appear to exist

    "There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now"

  4. seemverb

    appear to one's own mind or opinion

    "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"

Wiktionary

  1. seemverb

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

  2. Etymology: semen "to seem, befit, be becoming" from sœma (> Danish sømme) from sœmr, from sōm-, akin to Old Norse sómi (> archaic Danish somme), seman, Old English som.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To SEEMverb

    Etymology: sembler, French; unless it has a Teutonick original, as seemly certainly has.

    My lord, you’ve lost a friend, indeed;
    And I dare swear, you borrow not that face
    Of seeming sorrow; it is sure your own. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

    Speak: we will not trust our eyes
    Without our ears: thou art not what thou seem’st. William Shakespeare.

    So spake th’ Omnipotent; and with his words
    All seem’d well pleas’d; all seem’d, but were not all. John Milton.

    In holy nuptials ty’d;
    A seeming widow, and a secret bride. Dryden.

    Observe the youth
    Already seems to snuff the vital air. John Dryden, Æn.

    It seems to me, that the true reason why we have so few versions which are tolerable, is because there are so few who have all the talents requisite for translation. Dryden.

    Sir, there she stands:
    If aught within that little seeming substance
    May fitly like your grace,
    She’s there, and she is your’s. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    The earth by these, ’tis said,
    This single crop of men and women bred;
    Who, grown adult, so chance, it seems, enjoin’d,
    Did male and female propagate. Richard Blackmore, Creation.

    A prince of Italy, it seems, entertained his mistress upon a great lake. Joseph Addison, Guardian.

    The raven, urg’d by such impertinence,
    Grew passionate, it seems, and took offence. Addison.

    He had been a chief magistrate; and had, it seems, executed that high office justly and honourably. Francis Atterbury.

    It seems that when first I was discovered sleeping on the ground, the emperor had early notice. Gulliver.

    Here’s another discontented paper,
    Found in his pocket too; and this, it seems,
    Rodorigo meant t’ have sent. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    It seems the camel’s hair is taken by painters for the skin with the hair on. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

ChatGPT

  1. seem

    Seem is a verb that means to give the impression or sensation of having a particular quality, often based on appearances or perceptions. It could also refer to the act of appearing in a certain way or giving a particular impression.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Seemadjective

    to appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be taken as

  2. Seemverb

    to befit; to beseem

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Seem

    sēm, v.i. to appear: to have a show: to look: to pretend, to assume an air: to appear to one's self.—v.t. (B.) to befit: to become.—n. Seem′er.—adj. Seem′ing, apparent: specious: ostensible.—n. appearance: semblance: a false appearance: way of thinking.—adv. Seem′ingly.—n. Seem′ingness.—adj. Seem′less (Spens.), unseemly: indecorous.—n. Seem′liness.—adj. Seem′ly (comp. Seem′lier, superl. Seem′liest), becoming: suitable: decent: handsome.—adv. in a decent or suitable manner.—n. Seem′lyhed (Spens.), decent comely appearance.—It seems, it appears: it seems to me. [A.S. séman, to satisfy, to suit; or prob. direct from Scand., Ice. sæma, to honour, conform to.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SEEM

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Seem is ranked #75799 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Seem surname appeared 254 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Seem.

    90.1% or 229 total occurrences were White.
    7.4% or 19 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.9% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'seem' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #576

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'seem' in Written Corpus Frequency: #589

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'seem' in Verbs Frequency: #33

Anagrams for seem »

  1. Esme

  2. Esmé

  3. seme

  4. smee

  5. mese

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seem in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seem in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of seem in a Sentence

  1. Salma Shahin:

    When hundreds of people are in running shoes and shorts, we don't seem that scary.

  2. Rob Stewart:

    It seems so long ago now, but I remember in the fall of 2009 there were high level discussions about the impact this might have on the Olympic Games, and it doesn't seem real now, but at the time, it was very real.

  3. Lyndon B. Johnson:

    America has not always been kind to its artists and scholars. Somehow the scientists always seem to get the penthouse while the arts and humanities get the basement.

  4. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

    Based on what has been described thus far, it clearly is a mistake because it runs counter to our policy, the consequences of that mistake at this point, however, do not seem significant.

  5. Amir Islam:

    [ The April report was released to ] make The April report seem that black folks are killing people because of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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