Dictionary Definition
seem
Verb
1 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" [syn:
look, appear]
2 seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It
seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in
California is very bad" [syn: appear]
3 appear to exist; "There seems no reason to go
ahead with the project now"
4 appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to
be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese
characters"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Quotations
- 1813 (14th C.): Dante
Alighieri, The Vision of Hell as translated by The Rev. H. F.
Cary.
- He, from his face removing the gross air,Oft his left hand forth stretch'd, and seem'd aloneBy that annoyance wearied.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Translations
to appear
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
- Czech: zdát se
- Danish: synes
- Dutch: lijken, schijnen
- Finnish: näyttää, tuntua
- French: sembler, paraître
- German: scheinen, dünken
- Hungarian: látszik
- Italian: sembrare
- Japanese: ...らしい (...rashii)
- Korean: 보이다 (boida)
- Kurdish: ,
- Portuguese: parecer
- Russian: казаться (kazát’s’a)
- Spanish: parecer
- Swedish: förefalla, verka, tyckas
- Telugu: అనిపించు (anipiMcu)
- Turkish: görünmek, gözükmek
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ape,
appear, appear like,
approach, approximate, be like, be
redolent of, bear resemblance, bring to mind, call to mind, call
up, come close, come near, compare with, copy, correspond, counterfeit, evoke, favor, feel, follow, hint, imitate, imply, insinuate, intimate, look, look like, match, mimic, mirror, near, nearly reproduce, not tell
apart, parallel,
partake of, remind one of, resemble, savor of, seem like,
seem to be, simulate,
smack of, sound, sound
like, stack up with, suggest, take
after