Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to seem
Participle: seemed
Gerund: seeming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | seem |
| you | seem |
| he;she;it | seems |
| we | seem |
| you | seem |
| they | seem |
Perfect
| I | have seemed |
| you | have seemed |
| he;she;it | has seemed |
| we | have seemed |
| you | have seemed |
| they | have seemed |
Past
| I | seemed |
| you | seemed |
| he;she;it | seemed |
| we | seemed |
| you | seemed |
| they | seemed |
Pluperfect
| I | had seemed |
| you | had seemed |
| he;she;it | had seemed |
| we | had seemed |
| you | had seemed |
| they | had seemed |
Future
| I | will seem |
| you | will seem |
| he;she;it | will seem |
| we | will seem |
| you | will seem |
| they | will seem |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | seem |
| you | seem |
| he;she;it | seem |
| we | seem |
| you | seem |
| they | seem |
Perfect
| I | have seemed |
| you | have seemed |
| he;she;it | have seemed |
| we | have seemed |
| you | have seemed |
| they | have seemed |
Imperfect
| I | seemed |
| you | seemed |
| he;she;it | seemed |
| we | seemed |
| you | seemed |
| they | seemed |
Pluperfect
| I | had seemed |
| you | had seemed |
| he;she;it | had seemed |
| we | had seemed |
| you | had seemed |
| they | had seemed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would seem |
| you | would seem |
| he;she;it | would seem |
| we | would seem |
| you | would seem |
| they | would seem |
Perfect
| I | would have seemed |
| you | would have seemed |
| he;she;it | would have seemed |
| we | would have seemed |
| you | would have seemed |
| they | would have seemed |
Imperative
| you | seem |
| we | Let's seem |
| you | seem |
Verbs conjugated like 'seem'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'seem'
deem,
reem,
seam,
see,
seed,
seek,
seel,
seeme,
seep,
steem,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1200, from O.N.
soema "to befit, conform to," and
soemr "fitting, seemly," from P.Gmc.
*som- (cf. O.E.
som "agreement, reconciliation,"
seman "to conciliate"), related to P.Gmc.
*samon (see same).
2. From Middle English semen (“to seem, befit, be becoming”), from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to, beseem, befit”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to unite, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). Cognate with Scots seme (“to be fitting; beseem”), Danish sømme (“to beseem”), Old Swedish søma, Faroese søma (“to be proper”). Related also to Old Norse sómi (“honour”) ( > archaic Danish somme (“decent comportment”)), Old Norse sœmr (“fitting, seemly”), Old English sēman (“to reconcile, bring an agreement”), Old English sōm (“agreement”). See: Middle English '
semen', Proto-Germanic '
*sōmijaną', Danish '
sømme', Old Swedish '
søma', Faroese '
søma', Danish '
somme'.
Verbs referencing "seem"
Norwegian
synes, Ido semblar, Old English
seman.
Sample Sentences
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For convenience sake, we have said, hitherto, two _gentlemen_. One of the parties, however, when critically examined, did not seem, strictly speaking, to come under the species. He was a short, thick-set man, with coarse, commonplace features, and that swaggering air of pretension which marks a low man who is trying to elbow [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and pointed application, she nevertheless did plainly show that all young mothers on one side of the Atlantic were near and close at hand to their little children left upon the other; and that what seemed to the uninitiated a serious journey, was, to those who were in the secret, a mere frolic, to be sung about and whistled at ! Light be her heart, and gay her merry eyes, for years!
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] lowering heavy packages into the hold; and the purser 's head was barely visible as it loomed in a state, of exquisite perplexity from the midst of a vast pile of passengers ’ luggage; and there seemed to be nothing going on anywhere, or uppermost in the mind of anybody, but preparations for this mighty voyage. This, with the bright cold sun, the bracing air, the crisply-curling water, the thin [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] fro upon the breezy decks on unintelligible errands, impossible of execution: and in short, creating the most extraordinary and bewildering tumult. In the midst of all this, the lazy gentleman, who seems to have no luggage of any kind—not so much as a friend, even—lounges up and down the hurricane deck, coolly puffing a cigar; and, as this unconcerned demeanour again exalts him in the opinion of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] places dearly loved; and even people them with shadows. Streets, houses, rooms; figures so like their usual occupants, that they have startled me by their reality, which far exceeded, as it seemed to me, all power of mine to conjure up the absent; have, many and many a time, at such an hour, grown suddenly out of objects with whose real look, and use, and purpose, I was as well acquainted as [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and it was impossible to be unconscious of the presence of that extraordinary compound of strange smells, which is to be found nowhere but on board ship, and which is such a subtle perfume that it seems to enter at every pore of the skin, and whisper of the hold. Two passengers ’ wives (one of them my own ) lay already in silent agonies on the sofa; and one lady 's maid (my lady 's ) was a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to make any arrangement at all compatible with this novel state of things, the ship rights. Before one can say ‘Thank Heaven ! ’ she wrongs again. Before one can cry she is wrong, she seems to have started forward, and to be a creature actually running of its own accord, with broken knees and failing legs, through every variety of hole and pitfall, and stumbling constantly. Before one [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to think about something (about anything in the whole wide world, I was not particular ) without the smallest effect. I could not even make out which was the sea, and which the sky, for the horizon seemed drunk, and was flying wildly about in all directions. Even in that incapable state, however, I recognised the lazy gentleman standing before me: nautically clad in a suit of shaggy blue, with an [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] separate him from his dress; and tried to call him, I remember, Pilot. After another interval of total unconsciousness, I found he had gone, and recognised another figure in its place. It seemed to wave and fluctuate before me as though I saw it reflected in an unsteady looking-glass; but I knew it for the captain; and such was the cheerful influence of his face, that I tried to smile: yes, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It was strange enough, in the silence of midnight, and the dead stillness that seemed to be created by the sudden and unexpected stoppage of the engine which had been clanking and blasting in our ears incessantly for so many days, to watch the look of blank astonishment expressed in [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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This funny guy came by, seemed like he hated bunnies.
(Salsa)
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Two more? Are you sure you wanna become a lawyer ? You seem more like an author.
(An Honest Life)
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It seems boring for him. While we, poor mortals, We could create intelligences capable of surprising ourselves,
(Who)
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Our men are not here ' This seems like a big plan ' 'Let's leave now'
(Magudam)