seems
/siːmz/
seems is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seem.
Meaning of seem
Verb
seem (third-person singular simple present seems, present participle seeming, simple past and past participle seemed)
- 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."
- 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
- And all within were pathes and alleies wide,
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- What is seems the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Seems is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seem.
- How do you pronounce seems?
- Seems is pronounced /siːmz/.
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