Dictionary entry details
• SEEM (verb)
Meaning:
Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
appear; seem; look
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "seem" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seem"):
make (appear to begin an activity)
feel (be felt or perceived in a certain way)
loom (come into view indistinctly, often threateningly)
lift; rear; rise (rise up)
jump; jump out; leap out; stand out; stick out (be highly noticeable)
gleam; glint; glisten; glitter; shine (be shiny, as if wet)
beam; glow; radiate; shine (have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink)
come across (be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression)
sound (appear in a certain way)
pass off (be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity)
feel (produce a certain impression)
cut (give the appearance or impression of)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They seem to move
Meaning:
Seem to be true, probable, or apparent
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
seem; appear
Context examples:
It seems that he is very gifted / It appears that the weather in California is very bad
Hypernyms (to "seem" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seem"):
seem (appear to one's own mind or opinion)
Sentence frame:
It ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Appear to exist
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now
Hypernyms (to "seem" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Appear to one's own mind or opinion
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context examples:
I seem to be misunderstood by everyone / I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters
Hypernyms (to "seem" is one way to...):
appear; seem (seem to be true, probable, or apparent)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
