Adjective seeming has 1 sense
- apparent, ostensible, seeming - appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
Antonym: profound (indirect, via superficial)
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Verb seem has 4 senses
- look, appear, seem - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
They seem to move
- appear, seem - seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
It ----s that CLAUSE
- seem - appear to exist; "There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now"
--3 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- seem - appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"
--4 is one way to appear, seem
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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