Seem meaning in English

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Definition

to seem: to appear, to give the impression, to look like verb
Uh oh! I seem to be pregnant again! How did that happen?
It seems (that there has been an earthquake): I get the impression, I think, it appears (that there has been an earthquake) idiom
It seems that Jonathan in Marketing was really a woman named Joanna.
It seems like it's a tumor, but I'm a mechanic, not a doctor.

Examples

  • "I'm not sure why he would choose to live there - from what I've read, it seems like nothing but large black bears and rough lumberjacks."
  • "-Seems expensive."
  • "She cares about the environment and seems like a good person."
  • "Did he seem agitated?"
  • "It would seem that Bruno Delavigne is hardly fit to run a company."
  • "As you can see, the company has provided the requisite amount of alcohol and sustenance for you to quote unquote "enjoy yourselves", and yet it still seems that you are not 100% thrilled with the festivities!"
  • "Horatio : I don't know you, but you seem cool."
  • "Kevin : Well Mrs Lee, because your factory seems so versatile, I was wondering if you would be able to handle our cosmetic packaging as well."
  • "After complaining about the weather for half an hour, she told me that she recently handed over a cheque for £90,000 to a "nice young man", and that in exchange he promised to re-plaster the ceiling in her sitting room. I'm no expert on re-plastering, but this seems like a rather large sum of money."
  • "And the pièce de résistance seems to be a choice between steak tartare -"
  • "I've seen this before in a French horror movie - it seems like the foie gras is making him hallucinate!"
  • "It seems our guided meditations combined with severe electroshock therapy have been truly beneficial for you."
  • "Lucie : Well, the elevator seems nice and clean."
  • "It seems that the new European president serves two masters: the people of the old continent as well as Delavigne, his employer for the past decade."
  • "You do seem to know a lot about Scandinavia though... a little too much."
  • "Seems like I'm floating in the office, but everything is a bit funkier than usual."
  • "Horatio seems unaffected by our predicament and is currently bathing in a cauldron of bearnaise sauce."
  • "Susie : Well I did just get back from Kalackistan where it's been snowing for what seems like an eternity."
  • "Philip seems very satisfied with his training, so now I urge each of you to pursue a training program which will be beneficial not only to you, but the company as well."

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