Definitions for seems

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IPA: /sim/

Seems is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in seems (eemss).

Definitions for seems

verb (used without object)

  1. to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
  2. to appear to one's own senses, mind, observation, judgment, etc.:
  3. to appear to exist:
  4. to appear to be true, probable, or evident:
  5. to give the outward appearance of being or to pretend to be:

Origin of seems

1150-1200; Middle English seme Old Norse sœma to befit, beseem, derivative of sœmr fitting, seemly; akin to sōmi honor

Examples for seems

To the adventurer from New York they seem always new and crude.

Mrs. Bines declared that it did seem to her very much like out-and-out gambling.

His grasp did not bruise, it did not seem to be tight; but the hand that held it was immovable.

To make it work almost everything else about these shows has to seem factual which is why many look like a weird Celebrity Sims.

Again, the difference can seem subtle and sound more like splitting hairs, but the difference is important.

Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.

The hearth bore a uniform appearance, and did not seem to have been tampered with.

"He will look for me, and seem bewildered, as if something were lost," replied Philothea.

The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.

Whatever the reason, and however absurd their beliefs may seem, American evangelicals are deadly serious.

Word Value for seems
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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