Seem | Mean of seem in English Dictionary
/ˈsiːm/
- Verb
- to appear to be something or to do something
- She seemed happy.
- He didn't seem interested.
- Their request seems reasonable/strange.
- What they're doing doesn't seem right to me.
- The letter seems important.
- Her story seems true.
- Her story seems to be true.
- She seems to know our secret. [=I have the feeling/impression that she knows our secret]
- He didn't seem to remember that part of the story.
- He seems like a nice man. = He seems (to be) a nice man.
- We waited for what seemed like hours.
- Buying a new car seemed like a good idea at the time.
- It seemed as if/though the work would never end.