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seemed

/siːmd/

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British/sɪjmd/

seemed is the simple past and past participle of seem.

Meaning of seem

Verb

seem (third-person singular simple present seems, present participle seeming, simple past and past participle seemed)

  1. (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
    • She is seeming a bit down these days. Her eyes seem blue. It must have seemed to her she was safe. How'd she seem to you? He seems not to be at home. "It seems like rain". "It seems to me (to be) rather sleety."; "There seem to be a few problems."
  2. (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.
    • And all within were pathes and alleies wide,
      With footing worne, and leading inward farre:
      Faire harbour that them seemes; so in they entred arre.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene

Words that rhyme with seemed

Questions about seemed

What is seemed the simple past and past participle of?
Seemed is the simple past and past participle of seem.
How do you pronounce seemed?
Seemed is pronounced /siːmd/.

Words near seemed in the dictionary

  1. Seema
  2. Seeman
  3. Seemanova syndrome
  4. Seemans
  5. seeme
  6. seemed
  7. seemedst
  8. seemer
  9. seemers
  10. seemes
  11. seemest

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