seemed

Meanings

• verb

  appeared to be; gave the impression of

  - "The sun seemed to be setting early."
  - "The painting seemed new, despite being decades old."

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Pronunciation

1. /siːmd/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with seemed
beams , teams , seams , extreams

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Homophones

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1. seemed (en) : past tense and past participle of see
   

2. seem (en) : appear or seem to be; give the impression of
   

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Variants

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seem , seemed , seeming , seems

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Forms

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seemed, seemed to, seemed as if, seemed as though

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Etymology

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From Old English sēon 'to see'. Past tense and past participle of see.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'seemed' appears 127 times in the King James Version of the Bible.

2. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the character Atticus Finch uses the phrase 'It was a sin to seem' to caution his children about the importance of appearances.

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Related Concepts

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1. appearance: Related to the concept of how something appears or is perceived, rather than its true nature.

2. deception: Often used in the context of something seeming one way, but being another.

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Culture

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In literature, 'seemed' has been used to convey a sense of uncertainty or doubt, often in the context of appearances being deceiving. For example, in Shakespeare's Hamlet, the character Polonius says, 'Though this be madness, yet there is method in't; for in the seething brain of such a one, there is a method in't.'

How to Memorize "seemed"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the past tense and past participle form of the verb 'see'. Imagine the sun setting and giving the impression of setting early.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'seemed' with uncertainty or doubt, and the idea of appearances being deceiving.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the word 'seemed' and the phrase 'Seemed is a past tense form of see, giving the impression of something to be'.

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