Synonyms: appear, look, act
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /siːm/ |
| Hyphenation | seem |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑕𐑰𐑥 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) seem | (I) seemed |
| (thou) seemest | (thou) seemedst |
| (he) seems, seemeth | (he) seemed |
| (we) seem | (we) seemed |
| (you) seem | (you) seemed |
| (they) seem | (they) seemed |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) seem | (I) seemed |
| (thou) seem | (thou) seemed |
| (he) seem | (he) seemed |
| (we) seem | (we) seemed |
| (you) seem | (you) seemed |
| (they) seem | (they) seemed |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| seeming | seemed |
| Albanian | dukem |
|---|---|
| Catalan | semblar |
| Czech | zdát se |
| Danish | forekomme |
| Dutch | lijken; schijnen |
| Esperanto | ŝajni |
| Faeroese | tykja |
| Finnish | näyttää |
| French | paraître; sembler |
| German | scheinen; wirken |
| Icelandic | þykja |
| Italian | parere |
| Low German | lyken |
| Papiamento | parse |
| Polish | zdawać się |
| Portuguese | afiguar‐se; mostrar‐se; parecer; ter aparência de |
| Romanian | părea |
| Saterland Frisian | läite; skiene |
| Spanish | parecer |
| Swedish | synas; tyckas |
| West Frisian | skine; lykje |