| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  s m |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: seemed, seem·ing, seems
1. To give the impression of being; appear: The child seems healthy, but the doctor is concerned. 2. To appear to one's own opinion or mind: I can't seem to get the story straight. 3. To appear to be true, probable, or evident: It seems you object to the plan. It seems like rain. He seems to have worked in sales for several years. 4. To appear to exist: There seems no reason to postpone it. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English semen, from Old Norse sœma, to conform to, from sœmr, fitting. See sem-1 in Appendix I. | | SYNONYMS: | seem, appear, look These verbs mean to present the appearance of being: seems angry; appears skeptical; looks happy.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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