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.
We mostly use appear to talk about facts and events. We use seem to talk about facts, but also to talk about personal feelings and ideas. Seem is often used with a noun:
We can use seem with a to-infinitive:
Seem means ‘appear in a particular way’. We can use it as a linking verb (like be) or with a to-infinitive. We do not normally use seem in the continuous form:
Seem as a linking verb is followed by an adjective or, less commonly, a noun:
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