Seem

Definition: Seem

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".

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".

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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "seem" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Seem \Seem\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Seemed; Seeming.]. (references)

Synonyms: Seem

Crosswords: Seem

Things are exactly the way they seem. (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

The commandments say 'Thou shalt not kill,' but we hire men to go out and do it for us. The right and the wrong seem pretty clear here (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman)

You seem to have some shred of sense (The Lost World: Jurassic Park; writing credit: David Koepp)

I know what you would say, and it would seem like wisdom, but for the warning in my heart (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Well you seem awfully sure, have you checked (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

Never seem to get me very far (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

You seem very well, things look peaceful (You Oughta Know; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Don't seem like long enough (Drowning; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

The stars don't seem to guide me (Ghost Of You And Me; performing artist: BBMak)

Now you don't seem so proud (Like a Rolling Stone; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah . . . didn't miss the boat. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Things Are Seldom What They Seem (1912)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Keeping Your Kids Catholic: It May Seem Impossible but It Can Be Done (reference)

• Not as Crazy as I Seem (reference)

• The Path of Loneliness: It May Seem a Wilderness, but It Can Lead You to God (reference)

• Things are Seldom What They Seem (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy (reference)

• I'm More Than What I Seem (reference)

• You Don't Seem to Miss Me [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The image shows a father holding a young child on his lap. They seem to be watching an event outside of the picture. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Pictured is a Japanese-American family. There is a mother, father and a pre-school boy. They are seated in an outdoor restaurant and are eating hamburgers and drinking milk. Because Japanese-Americans tend to marry among themselves, factors other than genetic must be examined for cancer incidence. Diet and other lifestyle variations are being studied. Japanese who emigrate to California and change their lifestyles, seem to have an increased incidence of colon cancer. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Domesticated animals afflicted with dumb rabies may become increasingly depressed, and try to hide in isolated places, while wild animals seem to lose their fear of human beings, often appearing unusually friendly. Credit: CDC.

Puole Bay as seem from the FAIRWEATHER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Hey Mike, let's try fishing somewhere else They don't seem to be biting here Fishermen followed bad advice about where the fish were biting Building crew off PEIRCE on Eleuthera Island. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Employer: I regret having to let you go, Miss Keys, but my wife doesn't seem to like you, and-er-you see, I-er-can't discharge my wife. Credit: Library of Congress.

Janney half carried and half dragged the wounded man up that slope under a fire that it would seem impossible a man could live through. Credit: Library of Congress.

Some elements of labor seem to be asking for this sort of picketing. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hello, hello, operator, I don't seem to be getting any answer!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Man's works seem frail when the elements revolt!--Desolate earthquake ruins, Yokohama, Japan. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To constrain men to any thing inconvenient cloth seem unreasonable. (Second Treatise of Government)

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. (reference)

This would be to overthrow in fact what was established in theory; and would seem, at first view, an absurdity too gross to be insisted on. (reference)

Society suddenly finds itself put back into a state of momentary barbarism; it appears as if a famine, a universal war of devastation had cut off the supply of every means of subsistence; industry and commerce seem to be destroyed; and why? Because there is too much civilisation, too much means of subsistence, too much industry, too much commerce. (reference)

Among these methods and principles, the following seem to the High Contracting Parties to be of special and urgent importance: First.­The guiding principle above enunciated that labour should not be regarded merely as a commodity or article of commerce. (reference)

I seem to have heard of it before. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They seem very comfortable as they are, and if she were to take any pains to marry him, she would probably repent it.

It did indeed seem reasonable not to take so irrevocable a step as that, without due enquiry

One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about human beings was their habit of continually stating and repeating the obvious, as in It's a nice day, or You're very tall, or Oh dear you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you all right

But the mother did not seem to hear it.

It was one of those chances which are always met with, and which seem to make part of the mysterious representation of tragic events

For how miserable will all those pleasures seem to the soul condemned to suffer in hellfire for ages and ages

And the light of the coming morning made his forehead seem to shine, and his hands, swinging beside him, flicked into the light and out again

It would seem that I made it according to the recipe which Marcus Porcius Cato gave about two centuries before Christ

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Colors that seem faded. (references)

I never seem to get enough sleep. (references)

The methods mentioned here seem to be equally helpful. (references)

Business

However, joint ventures often seem to be the best option. (references)

Local analysts posit that U. S. Products seem to be expensive. (references)

Both negative and positive images of imported products seem to exist in Korea. (references)

Economic History

Spain

Imports of South American meal seem to have recently leveled off. (references)

Belgium

Backlogs in the Belgian court system seem to make delays almost inevitable. (references)

Croatia

Cable TV operators currently seem to be the best prospect for US telecom exports. (references)

Political Economy

SPAIN

National authorities seem committed to serious enforcement efforts and there continue to be numerous civil and criminal actions to curb the problem of trademark infringement. (references)

Dominican Rep

Dominicans generally have a positive view of the U.S. Though political and economic nationalists at times resort to anti-Americanism and charges of U.S. interference in the country's affairs, few Dominicans seem persuaded by this rhetoric. (references)

BELGIUM

Wage costs seem to be under control, but unemployment is expected to go up again after reaching a 10-year low in the middle of 2001. However, the seven percent is an average figure which glosses over significant differences, both between demand and supply as well as between regions. (references)

Trade

Saudi Arabia

There does not seem to be a significant body of rule making or documentation available. (references)

Poland

Difficulties in obtaining U.S. bank guarantees on Polish L/Cs seem to stem from considerations of Poland's overall debt performance. (references)

Ukraine

They have come under heavy criticism from the International Monetary Fund, since to a significant extent, investments in these zones seem to come at the expense of investments elsewhere in the country. (references)

Travel

Denmark

Danish business people can appear somewhat formal at first, but are likely to quickly show a more informal side of themselves, just as the dress code sometimes may seem a little relaxed to an American business person. (references)

Thailand

The Thai cultural values of patience, respect for status (age, authority, etc.) and not losing face, are significant factors in business relationships as well . Thais feel great pride for their country and have deep respect for tradition . Sometimes, however, observance of traditional formalities may seem inconsistent to the tolerant, relaxed nature of living in Thailand . This can be confusing or frustrating to Westerners who are more informal and more time conscious. (references)

Worker Rights

Peru

Forced labor previously was found in the gold mining industry in the Madre de Dios area; however, the changing nature of the industry and government efforts to regulate it seem to have addressed the problem. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "seem": how does it seem to you? ♦ it may seem so ♦ make seem smaller ♦ seem as if ♦ seem like ♦ seem to ♦ seem to hear voice ♦ there seem to be some difficulties. Additional references.

Ending with "seem": s-seem.

Afrikaans

skyn (appear, appear to be), lyk (appear, appear to be, cadaver, corpse, look). (various references)

Albanian

dukem (appear, appear to be, arise, come into view, emerge, feel, manifest, show, show oneself, show up, sound, stand out). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تراءى ل, ‏تظاهر (affect, assume, counterfeit, demonstrate, dissemble, dissimulate, fake, feign, feint, make believe, march, pose, posture, pretence, pretend, put on, sham, show, simulate, simulation), ‏بدا (appear, imitate, look alike, ring, sound). (various references)

Bulgarian 

правя се на (act, personate, play, put on, simulate), изглеждам (appear, look), давам си вид на. (various references)

Chinese 

顯得 (appear), 像 (appearance, elephant, image, like, look, portrait, resemble, similar, to appear, to look, to seem), 彷彿 (as if), 好象 (be like), 好似 (Seemed, seeming). (various references)

Czech

zdát se (appear, waive), připadat. (various references)

Danish

forekomme (appear, appear to be, be found, be located, come about, find oneself, happen, occur). (various references)

Dutch

overkomen (appear, appear to be). (various references)

Esperanto

ŝajni (appear, appear to be). (various references)

Faeroese

tykja (appear, appear to be). (various references)

Farsi 

مناسب بودن (Able, Assort, Become, Befit, Suit), نمودن (Show), وانمودکردن (Affect, Assume, Dissemble, Fake, Look, Pretend, Represent, Sham, Simulate), وانمودشدن (Pose), ظاهرشدن (Look, Out, Spring), بنظرامدن . (various references)

Finnish

näyttää (appear, appear to be, have the appearance of, indicate, look, point out, show). (various references)

French

sembler, paraître (see the light). (various references)

Frisian

skine (appear, appear to be, shine). (various references)

German

scheinen (appear, appear to be, shine, to appear, to seem). (various references)

Greek 

φαίνομαι (appear, look, peer, shew, show, strike as). (various references)

Guarani

nahi'ãipa (doesn'it seem). (various references)

Hawaiian

dukem (appear, appear to be). (various references)

Hebrew 

ליצור רושם, לעשות רושם (impress, splurge), להופיע (appear, arrive, come out, shine, show, show up, turn up), להראות כאילו. (various references)

Hungarian

látszik (appear, showed, shown, to seem, to shimmer, to show, to show up), kinéz (look, look out, to look out). (various references)

Icelandic

þykja (appear, appear to be). (various references)

Indonesian

tampaknya (presumably), rasanya, nampaknya (outwardly), kelihatannya. (various references)

Italian

parere (appear, appear to be, look, opinion, think, view). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

見える (to appear, to be in sight, to be seen, to look, to seem), 病気だと見える (to seem to be sick), 思われる (to appear, to seem), 思える (to appear likely, to seem), 十年一昔 (expression suggesting that the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history), そうして見ると (having done that, I hear that, if it is done in that way, if that is done, it is said that, people say that, to appear that, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem that, when looked at in that way), 団栗の背比べ (having no outstanding characteristics, to all seem about the same). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おもわれる (to appear, to seem), おもえる (to appear likely, to seem), そうだ (I hear that, it is said that, people say that, to appear that, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem that), びょうきだとみえる (to seem to be sick), どんぐりのせいくらべ (having no outstanding characteristics, to all seem about the same), じゅうねんひとむかし (expression suggesting that the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history), みえる (to appear, to be in sight, to be seen, to look, to seem). (various references)

Korean 

보이십시요. (various references)

Papiamen

parce (appear, appear to be). (various references)

Pig Latin

eemsay.(various references)

Polish

zdawać się (appear, appear to be). (various references)

Portuguese

parecer (appear, appear to be, feedback, mind, notion, purport, show, sight, sound). (various references)

Romanian

pårea (appear, appear to be), pãrea (look, make, sound, strike), avea impresia (fancy), arãta (appear, bespeak, betoken, carry forth, connote, demonstrate, designate, display, evidence, evince, exhibit, lay out, look, Mark, point, point out, produce, prove, put up, read, record, reveal, rise, set, show, show up, signify, teach, trot out). (various references)

Russian 

казаться кажется, казаться (appear, see things), почудиться. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

učiniti se, pričiniti (cause), izgledati (appear, look). (various references)

Spanish

parecer (appear, appear to be, feeling, hallucinate, judgement, judgment, look, look like, mind, opinion, please, read, resemble, say, sound, take off, think, view). (various references)

Swedish

tyckas (appear, appear to be, seem to), synas (appear, appear to be, be seen, it seems, show), förefalla (appear, look, occur, pass). (various references)

Tahitian

au (to be suitable, to seem). (various references)

Thai

ที่ปรากฏ, ดูเหมือนว่า (sound). (various references)

Turkish

gibi gelmek (appear, seem as if, seem like, strike), gibi gözükmek, gibi görünmek, görünmek (appear, approve oneself, break through, come, come along, come in sight, come in view, come into view, come out, haunt, look, make one's appearance, present oneself, put in an appearance, report, rise, show, show up), benzemek (appear, approach, approximate, be similar, bear resemblance to, compare, correspond, dovetail, Favor, favour, have an air of, have resemblance to, look alike, look like, match, mimic, promise, remind, remind of, resemble, resemble smb. in looks, take after, take on, throw back). (various references)

Turkmen 

gцrьnmek (appear). (various references)

Ukrainian

мати певну думку, задаватися (bridle, give oneself airs). (various references)

Welsh

ymddan.gos (appear). (various references)

videor. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "seem": seemed, seemer, seemers, seeming, seemingly, seemings, seemlier, seemliest, seemliness, seemlinesses, seemly, seems. (additional references)

Words ending with "seem": berseem, beseem. (additional references)

Words containing "seem": berseems, beseemed, beseeming, beseems, meseemed, meseemeth, meseems, unbeseeming, unseemlier, unseemliest, unseemliness, unseemlinesses, unseemly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Seem" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asem, Asiema, ceem, eem, Esema, esen, esme, Esmee, heeem, jeem, keem, meem, saeh, Saeima, saem, Saen, sagem, saxem, sayen, sbem, sceem, scem, sceme, sdem, sden, sebeb, seben, seeb, seee, seeg, seemd, seemy, seeq, seey, seez, Segerma, Seim, Seima, sein, Seium, sej, seje, sejm, seken, Selen, selm, sem, semb, Semel, semn, semy, s'en, seon, seseme, Sesm, seum, Seym, seyum, sfem, sfen, sgem, sgen, sheem, shem, sidem, sieh, siem, sien, Sigeum, sime, sjem, sjen, skeem, Skem, snem, snen, soem, soen, spem, speum, sqeem, sqem, sqen, srem, sren, ssen, suem, svem, sweem, swem, sxem, sxen, syem, syen, syme, symm, symp, veem, weem, zeam, zeem, zeen, zem, zeme, zerm, Ziem. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: emes, seme.

-1 letter: eme, ems, see.

-2 letters: em, es, me.

+1 letter: deems, demes, emeus, femes, hemes, meeds, meets, memes, mense, meres, mesne, metes, mezes, neems, seems, semen, semes, smeek, teems.

+2 letters: adeems, ameers, bemuse, bermes, beseem, cremes, demies, demise, edemas, elemis, embeds, embers, emcees, emeers, emends, emeses, emesis, emmers, emmets, emotes, emydes, enemas, enmesh, esteem, femmes, kermes, measle, melees, mensae, mensed, menses, merdes, merest, merges, merles, meshed, meshes, mesnes, messed, messes, mestee, meters, metres, mustee, neumes, ramees, rehems, remise, resume, retems, scheme, seamed, seamen, seamer, seemed, seemer, seemly, sememe, semens, semple, sempre, sesame, smeeks, themes, tmeses, vermes.