different between sees vs seem

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?z, IPA^(key): /si?z/
• Homophones: seas, seize
• Rhymes: -i?z

Verb

sees

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of see

Noun

sees

1. plural of see

Anagrams

• eses

Estonian

Etymology

Related to sise-.

Postposition

sees

1. inside, in (Governs the genitive)

   See on kasti sees.

   It's inside the box.

2. during

3. with, Refers to being inside a state

Adverb

sees

1. inside
2. Refers to electrical appliances being on

Finnish

(index se)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *seges.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?s/, [?s?e??s?]
• Rhymes: -e?s
• Syllabification: sees

Adjective

sees

1. (rare) serene

Usage notes

The word itself is currently rare and even rarer is to see its inflected forms. Most Finns would not know how to decline it.

Declension

Synonyms

• seesteinen

Luxembourgish

Verb

sees

1. second-person singular present indicative of seeën

Verb

sees

1. second-person singular present indicative of soen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ses

Verb

sees

1. passive of se

English

Alternative forms

• seme (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English semen (“to seem, befit, be becoming”), from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to, beseem, befit”), from Proto-Germanic *s?mijan? (“to unite, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). Cognate with Scots seme (“to be fitting; beseem”), Danish sømme (“to beseem”), Old Swedish søma, Faroese søma (“to be proper”). Related also to Old Norse sómi (“honour”) ( > archaic Danish somme (“decent comportment”)), Old Norse sœmr (“fitting, seemly”), Old English s?man (“to reconcile, bring an agreement”), Old English s?m (“agreement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m
• Homophones: seam, seme

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.
   • 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?

     He is so fair, without lease, he seems full well to sit on this.

   • 1813 (14^thc.), Dante Alighieri, The Vision of Hell as translated by The Rev. H. F. Cary.

     He, from his face removing the gross air, / Oft his left hand forth stretch'd, and seem'd alone / By that annoyance wearied.
2. (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• meseems
• seeming
• seemingly
• seemly
• seemlihood
• seemliness

Translations

Anagrams

• Esme, Esmé, emes, mese, seme, semé, smee

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch s?m, from Proto-Germanic *saimaz.

Noun

sêem m

1. honey

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zeem
• West Flemish: zêem

Further reading

• “seem”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “seem”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN