seem
Meaning of seem
verb
- give the impression of being something or having a particular quality.
Dawn seemed annoyed
it seemed a dismal town
there seems to be plenty to eat
it seemed that he was determined to oppose her
- be unable to do something, despite having tried.
he couldn't seem to remember his lines
Middle English (also in the sense ‘suit, befit, be appropriate’): from Old Norse sœma ‘to honour’, from sœmr ‘fitting’.
Information about seem
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of seem is: seems.
- Languages in which seem is used:
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Hyphenation of seem
seem
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- seem is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
seem synonyms
Meaning look:
Meaning appear:
Meaning emit or cause to emit sound:
Translation of seem
- Spanish: parecer, aparentar
- French: sembler, paraître, paraitre
- German: scheinen
- Italian: sembrare, apparire
- Portuguese: parecer
Anagrams of seem
Words that rhyme with seem
Seem, beseem, misbeseem, unbeseem, enseem, inseem, berseem, misseem
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