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{
"term": "seem",
"partOfSpeech": "linking verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "seem",
"heSheIt": "seems"
},
"pastSimple": "seemed",
"pastParticiple": "seemed",
"ingForm": "seeming"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to give the impression of being or doing something",
"sensetop": "+ adj.+ nounseem to be somethingseem like somethingseem as though…it seems to somebody (that)…it seems that…seem to do/have something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You seem happy.",
"contextForm": "+ adj."
},
{
"text": "Do whatever seems best to you."
},
{
"text": "This may **seem obvious** to you."
},
{
"text": "It **seems clear** that there has been a mistake."
},
{
"text": "It **seems likely** that they will lose the election."
},
{
"text": "**Strange as it may seem**, exactly the same thing happened to me."
},
{
"text": "He seems a nice man.",
"contextForm": "+ noun"
},
{
"text": "She seems to be a smart woman.",
"contextForm": "seem to be something"
},
{
"text": "You seem to be nervous."
},
{
"text": "People aren’t always what they seem to be."
},
{
"text": "It seemed like a good idea at the time.",
"contextForm": "seem like something"
},
{
"text": "It always seemed as though they would get married.",
"contextForm": "seem as though…"
},
{
"text": "‘He'll be there, then?’ ‘**So it seems** *(= people say so)*.’"
},
{
"text": "**It seems to me** that teachers have to work pretty hard.",
"contextForm": "it seems to somebody (that)…"
},
{
"text": "It must have seemed to him that he was safe."
},
{
"text": "It seems that they know what they're doing.",
"contextForm": "it seems that…"
},
{
"text": "They seem to know what they're doing.",
"contextForm": "seem to do/have something"
}
],
"synonyms": "appear"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to make what you say about your thoughts, feelings or actions less strong",
"sensetop": "seem to do/be/have something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I seem to have left my book at home."
},
{
"text": "I can't seem to *(= I've tried, but I can't)* get started today."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to suggest that something is true when you are not certain or when you want to be polite",
"sensetop": "it seemsit would seemseem (that)…+ adj.",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It would seem that we all agree.",
"contextForm": "seem (that)…"
},
{
"text": "This last point, **it seems to me**, is particularly important."
},
{
"text": "It seems only reasonable to ask students to buy a dictionary.",
"contextForm": "+ adj."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/siːm/",
"audio": "se/seem/seem__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/siːmz/",
"audio": "se/seem/seems__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/siːmd/",
"audio": "se/seem/seemed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsiːmɪŋ/",
"audio": "se/seem/seeming__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/siːm/",
"audio": "se/seem/seem__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/siːmz/",
"audio": "se/seem/seems__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/siːmd/",
"audio": "se/seem/seemed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsiːmɪŋ/",
"audio": "se/seem/seeming__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (also in the sense ‘suit, befit, be appropriate’): from Old Norse sœma ‘to honour’, from sœmr ‘fitting’."
}