0 to give the effect of being; to be judged to be:
He's 16, but he often seems (to be) younger.
I suspect his claims are not all they seem - he tends to exaggerate.
Things are seldom as/how/what they seem.
[ + to infinitive ] I seem to know more about him than anyone else.
[ + (that) ] It seems (that) she can't come.
It seems to me (that) (= I think that) he isn't the right person for the job.
formal It would seem (that) no action need be taken.
There seems to have been a mistake - my name isn't on the list.
[ after so ] "There's no reply - they've all gone home." "So it seems."
"Was a decision made?" "It seems not/so."
1 to appear to be:
She seemed a bit detached, as if her mind were on other things.
She seemed slightly embarrassed to see us there.
The qualitative agreement seems satisfactory though the span of the rolling-grain region is theoretically overestimated.
However, close monitoring and a quick response seem to be the key factors in achieving success.
For genes that are evolutionarily more conserved, the use of the rice genome seems to be more promising.
