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I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.
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Meaning of "seem" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEEM

Perhaps from Old Norse soma to beseem, from sœmr befitting; related to Old English sēman to reconcile.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SEEM

seem  [siːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEEM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Seem is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb seem in English.

WHAT DOES SEEM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of seem in the English dictionary

The first definition of seem in the dictionary is to appear to the mind or eye; look. Other definition of seem is to give the impression of existing; appear to be. Seem is also used to diminish the force of a following infinitive to be polite, more noncommittal, etc.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SEEM

PRESENT

Present
I seem
you seem
he/she/it seems
we seem
you seem
they seem
Present continuous
I am seeming
you are seeming
he/she/it is seeming
we are seeming
you are seeming
they are seeming
Present perfect
I have seemed
you have seemed
he/she/it has seemed
we have seemed
you have seemed
they have seemed
Present perfect continuous
I have been seeming
you have been seeming
he/she/it has been seeming
we have been seeming
you have been seeming
they have been seeming
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I seemed
you seemed
he/she/it seemed
we seemed
you seemed
they seemed
Past continuous
I was seeming
you were seeming
he/she/it was seeming
we were seeming
you were seeming
they were seeming
Past perfect
I had seemed
you had seemed
he/she/it had seemed
we had seemed
you had seemed
they had seemed
Past perfect continuous
I had been seeming
you had been seeming
he/she/it had been seeming
we had been seeming
you had been seeming
they had been seeming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will seem
you will seem
he/she/it will seem
we will seem
you will seem
they will seem
Future continuous
I will be seeming
you will be seeming
he/she/it will be seeming
we will be seeming
you will be seeming
they will be seeming
Future perfect
I will have seemed
you will have seemed
he/she/it will have seemed
we will have seemed
you will have seemed
they will have seemed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been seeming
you will have been seeming
he/she/it will have been seeming
we will have been seeming
you will have been seeming
they will have been seeming
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would seem
you would seem
he/she/it would seem
we would seem
you would seem
they would seem
Conditional continuous
I would be seeming
you would be seeming
he/she/it would be seeming
we would be seeming
you would be seeming
they would be seeming
Conditional perfect
I would have seem
you would have seem
he/she/it would have seem
we would have seem
you would have seem
they would have seem
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been seeming
you would have been seeming
he/she/it would have been seeming
we would have been seeming
you would have been seeming
they would have been seeming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you seem
we let´s seem
you seem
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to seem
Past participle
seemed
Present Participle
seeming
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEEM


beam
biːm
breme
briːm
cream
kriːm
downstream
ˈdaʊnˈstriːm
dream
driːm
esteem
ɪˈstiːm
extreme
ɪkˈstriːm
hakim
hɑːˈkiːm
mainstream
ˈmeɪnˌstriːm
meme
miːm
neem
niːm
redeem
rɪˈdiːm
regime
reɪˈʒiːm
scheme
skiːm
scream
skriːm
steam
stiːm
stream
striːm
supreme
sʊˈpriːm
team
tiːm
theme
θiːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEEM

seek out
seeker
seel
Seeland
seeld
seelie
seely
seemelesse
seemer
seeming
seemingly
seemingness
seemless
seemlier
seemliest
seemlihead
seemlihed
seemliness
seemly
seemlyhed

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEEM

addeem
adeem
berseem
beseem
beteem
coredeem
deem
disesteem
hakeem
hareem
inseem
misbeseem
misdeem
misesteem
misseem
overteem
self-esteem
teem
unbeseem
weem

Synonyms and antonyms of seem in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SEEM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «seem» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of seem
appear · look · sound

Translation of «seem» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEEM

Find out the translation of seem to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of seem from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «seem» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

似乎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parecer
570 millions of speakers

English

seem
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतीत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَبْدو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

казаться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parecer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মনে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sembler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nampaknya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scheinen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ように思われる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보이다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Koyone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dường như
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெரியவில்லை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाटते
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

görünmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sembrare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wydać się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

здаватися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a părea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαίνομαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lyk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

verka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

synes
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of seem

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEEM»

The term «seem» is very widely used and occupies the 3.097 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEEM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about seem

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10 QUOTES WITH «SEEM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word seem.
1
Herb Alpert
The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience.
2
Wes Anderson
I don't know what is in store for the movie business any better than anybody else does, but it does seem like my kind of movies are a little trickier than it used to be - or maybe a lot trickier.
3
Irving Babbitt
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
4
Jane Birkin
People always like things that seem exotic.
5
Julie Burchill
I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago.
6
Willa Cather
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.
7
Kristin Cavallari
If you're looking for a boyfriend, you aren't gonna find one. They seem to come into your life when you least expect it.
8
Nick Cave
Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They're a luxury for the idle, a bourgeois concept. Feelings are overrated.
9
Jilly Cooper
But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd better write a novel, so I tend not to stop and learn word processing.
10
Ronny Cox
I found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make one up! Now it seems over half the stories in my show are made up. The funny thing is, those seem to be the ones that resonate the most with the audiences.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEEM»

Discover the use of seem in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to seem and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Twentysomething: Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck?
Packed with often-surprising discoveries, Twentysomething is a two-generation conversation that will become the definitive book on being young in our time. "The fullest guide through this territory . . .
Samantha Henig, Robin Marantz Henig, 2012
2
Why the World Doesn't Seem to Make Sense: An Inquiry Into ...
This revised and updated edition includes new scientific understandings and clarifications of some of the more complex ideas. “Read this book: it will change how you look at things.” – Nick Herbert, Ph.D., author of Quantum Reality
Steve Hagen, 2012
3
We Are Not What We Seem: Black Nationalism and Class ...
Together with classic documents long heralded as cornerstones of American democracy, the book features writings of those opposed to the Constitution, slave petitions, Indian treaties, Emerson's Politics, works of conservatives like John ...
Rod Bush, 2000
4
Acupuncture Energetics: A Workbook for Diagnostics and Treatment
A leading practitioner offers a new approach to acupuncture that integrates Eight-Principle and Five-Phase diagnosis. Includes case histories and a workbook for treatment strategies.
Mark D. Seem, 1987
5
Let Wonder Seem Familiar: Shakespeare and the Romance Ending
Dr White examines the ways in which Shakespeare uses formal conventions from romance throughout his writing career, especially in giving formal completion to a play without forfeiting the †̃open-ended' sense of life's complexity.
R.S. White, 2000
6
"Death Seem'd to Stare": The New Hampshire and Rhode Island ...
"Death Seem'd to Stare" marks Joseph Lee Boyle's third book honoring the identities of the heroes of the six-month encampment at Valley Forge in 1777-1778.
Joseph Lee Boyle, 2005
7
Bodymind Energetics: Toward a Dynamic Model of Health
Dr. Seem proposes an integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and psychosomatics in this model of health care that acknowledges the connection of body and mind.
Mark D. Seem, 1987
8
Brains: How They Seem to Work
In this highly personal book, Purves reveals how we got to this point and offers his notion of where neuroscience may be headed next.
Dale Purves, 2010
9
If Eight Hours Seem Too Few: Mobilization of Women Workers ...
A picture of the thousands of women who worked weeding the rice fields in northern Italy during the early part of the 19th century, within the context of the political, economic, and social history of Italy.
Elda Gentili Zappi, 1991
10
Crazy Things Seem Normal, Normal Things Seem Crazy: An Essay ...
Originally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a stand-alone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Film and Television, this essay is about Val Kilmer.
Chuck Klosterman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEEM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term seem is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why does time seem to speed up as we get older?
The difference between “real” time, measured by clocks and calendars, and our own individual sense of time can sometimes seem enormous. This is because ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Does talking about corruption make it seem worse?
Indeed, 10 years of research into public perceptions of poverty suggests that corruption “is the only topic related to global poverty which the mass public seem ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Blackhawks actually seem to like their fans
Yet, it seems to me, professional football, baseball and basketball players never seem quite as enthusiastic about sharing their success with the people who ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
4
Robots Seem to Be Improving Productivity, Not Costing Jobs
Companies were using computers, but they didn't seem to be getting any more productive. Strangely, it took another seven years for U.S. productivity growth to ... «blogs.hbr.org, Jun 15»
5
Egg Prices Seem a Lot Higher? Blame Bird Flu
Egg prices soared last month, the latest fallout from a severe U.S. bird-flu outbreak. The producer-price index, a measure of prices businesses receive for their ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
6
If SCOTUS Blows Up Obamacare Exchanges, Insurers Don't Seem
Despite a looming Supreme Court ruling that could pull subsidies from millions of newly insured Americans, health insurers aren't altering their historic growth ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
7
The trip back home often seems to go by faster -- but why?
You may have noticed it the last time you went on a long journey -- by foot, by car or by plane: the outbound portion of your trip seemed to take a lifetime, while ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
8
Dolphins home in on weaknesses, seem committed to change
Quarterback Ryan Tannehill seems to be improving based on the portions of the offseason program that reporters have been allowed to watch. He was ... «Sun Sentinel, Jun 15»
9
Bush and Clinton seem inevitable. Except to voters.
According to new polls, Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton aren't viewed very favorably. (AP Photo). Voters of America: What exactly is your problem? For months, we ... «Yahoo Politics, Jun 15»
10
Big city rents are high, but renters don't seem to mind
Big city rents are high, but renters don't seem to mind. By Josh Boak. Associated Press. Posted: 05/21/2015 09:28:23 AM PDT3 Comments | Updated: 2 months ... «San Jose Mercury News, May 15»

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