seem

Meaning

1. To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
2. (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.

Concepts

seem

appear

look

look like

appear to be

feel

resemble

act

be like

as if

show

think

look as if

defective

sound

be apparently

found

perceived

seen

display

evident

appear as

appear likely

be likely to

seem to be

as though

likewise

quasi

similarly

look so

come across as

come over as

prove

be likely

probable

peer

shew

seemingly

if

like

come to light

turn up

visible

sensed

understood

meseems

methinks

act upon

affect

cut

give

impact

impinge

impress

influence

kick in

move

prepossess

redound

smell

strike

weigh

work

deem

suppose

considered

thought

similar

be

live

give the impression

arise

arrive

face

introduce

occur

offer

present

be suitable

befit

behove

come in handy

fit

aspect

manifest

crooked

Pronounced as (IPA)

/siːm/

Etymology

From Middle English semen (“to seem, befit, be becoming”), from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to, beseem, befit”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to unite, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). Cognate with Scots seme (“to be fitting; beseem”), Danish sømme (“to beseem”), Old Swedish søma, Faroese søma (“to be proper”). Related also to Old Norse sómi (“honour”) ( > archaic Danish somme (“decent comportment”)), Old Norse sœmr (“fitting, seemly”), Old English sēman (“to reconcile, bring an agreement”), Old English sōm (“agreement”).

Sentences

The microstructures of martensite and bainite at first seem quite similar .