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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "can't seem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "meseems"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "seeming"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "seemingly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "seemly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "seemlihood"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "seemliness"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sem-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "semen",
"t": "to seem, befit, be becoming"
},
"expansion": "Middle English semen (“to seem, befit, be becoming”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "sœma",
"t": "to conform to, beseem, befit"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse sœma (“to conform to, beseem, befit”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*sōmijaną",
"t": "to unite, fit"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to unite, fit”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sem-",
"t": "one; whole"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "seme",
"t": "to be fitting; beseem"
},
"expansion": "Scots seme (“to be fitting; beseem”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "sømme",
"t": "to beseem"
},
"expansion": "Danish sømme (“to beseem”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-osw",
"2": "søma"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish søma",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "søma",
"t": "to be proper"
},
"expansion": "Faroese søma (“to be proper”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "sómi",
"t": "honour"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse sómi (“honour”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "somme",
"t": "decent comportment"
},
"expansion": "Danish somme (“decent comportment”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "sœmr",
"t": "fitting, seemly"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse sœmr (“fitting, seemly”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "sēman",
"t": "to reconcile, bring an agreement"
},
"expansion": "Old English sēman (“to reconcile, bring an agreement”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "sōm",
"3": "",
"4": "agreement"
},
"expansion": "Old English sōm (“agreement”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English semen (“to seem, befit, be becoming”), from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to, beseem, befit”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“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 sēman (“to reconcile, bring an agreement”), Old English sōm (“agreement”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "seems",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "seeming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "seemed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "seemed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "seem (third-person singular simple present seems, present participle seeming, simple past and past participle seemed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He seems to be ill. Her eyes seem blue. It must have seemed to her she was safe. How did she seem to you? He seems not to be at home. It seems like rain.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "1813 (14ᵗʰc.), Dante Alighieri, The Vision of Hell as translated by The Rev. H. F. Cary.\nHe, from his face removing the gross air, / Oft his left hand forth stretch'd, and seem'd alone / By that annoyance wearied."
},
{
"ref": "2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in AV Club",
"text": "So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as."
],
"id": "en-seem-en-verb-gaz4ER5N",
"links": [
[
"copulative",
"copular verb"
],
[
"appear",
"appear"
],
[
"look",
"look"
],
[
"outwardly",
"outwardly"
],
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as."
],
"tags": [
"copulative"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"alt": "(present tense:) يَبْدُو (yabdū)",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "badā",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "بَدَا"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ẓahara",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ظَهَرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻval",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "թվալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "par"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "paecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "görünmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "iruditu"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zdavácca",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "здава́цца"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izgleždam",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "изглеждам"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "struvam se",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "струвам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "semblar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parèixer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ahooba"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "chihmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎoxiàng",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "好像"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "顯得"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiǎnde",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "显得"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cho",
"lang": "Choctaw",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ahoba"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "zdát se"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "synes"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "lijken"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "schijnen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ŝajni"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "dze"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "näyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "tuntua"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "vaikuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "sembler"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "paraître"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "avoir l’air"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "sanbler"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "sembler"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "sambler"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "senbler"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parê"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "semellar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čans",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ჩანს"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "scheinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "dünken"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "vorkommen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gaumjan",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "faínomai",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "φαίνομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phaínomai",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "φαίνομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dokéō",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "δοκέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eídomai",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "εἴδομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "éoika",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ἔοικα"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "sanble"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nir'á",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "נראה"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lagnā",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "लगना"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dikhnā",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "दिखना"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "látszik"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "tűnik"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "verðast"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "semblar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "taibhsigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "sembrare"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parere"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "apparire"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...rashii",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "...らしい"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...-sō",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "...そう"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...yō-ni mieru",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "...ように見える"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "hak dooc cie",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ហាក់ដូចជា"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "boida",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "보이다"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"alt": "~in geot gatda",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "~인 것 같다"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "dyare",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "دیارە"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "wa dyare",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "وا دیارە"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "videor"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izgleda",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "изгледа"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se čini",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "се чини"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ngia"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "semblier"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "pathaître"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "synes"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "paréisser"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "þyncan"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wydawać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wydać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zdawać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zdać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "rikch'ay"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "părea"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parair"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "pareir"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kazátʹsja",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "каза́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokazátʹsja",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "показа́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdavátʹsja",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сдава́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sat",
"lang": "Santali",
"roman": "ñel",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ᱧᱮᱞ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parrere"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parri"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parriri"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zdať sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "zdeti se"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "förefalla"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "verka"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "tyckas"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "synas"
},
{
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"alt": "(present tense:) يَبْدُو (yabdū)",
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"roman": "badā",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "بَدَا"
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ظَهَرَ"
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"sense": "to appear",
"word": "թվալ"
},
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"sense": "to appear",
"word": "par"
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{
"code": "ast",
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"sense": "to appear",
"word": "paecer"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "görünmək"
},
{
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"sense": "to appear",
"word": "iruditu"
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"word": "здава́цца"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izgleždam",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "изглеждам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "struvam se",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "струвам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "semblar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parèixer"
},
{
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ahooba"
},
{
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "chihmi"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎoxiàng",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "好像"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "顯得"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiǎnde",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "显得"
},
{
"code": "cho",
"lang": "Choctaw",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ahoba"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "zdát se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "synes"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "lijken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "schijnen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ŝajni"
},
{
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "dze"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "näyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "tuntua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "vaikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "sembler"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "paraître"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "avoir l’air"
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{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "sanbler"
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{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "sembler"
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"word": "sambler"
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"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parê"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parecer"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "semellar"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čans",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ჩანს"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "scheinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "dünken"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "vorkommen"
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{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gaumjan",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "to appear",
"word": "φαίνομαι"
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"word": "δοκέω"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eídomai",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "εἴδομαι"
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{
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"roman": "éoika",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ἔοικα"
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{
"code": "ht",
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"sense": "to appear",
"word": "sanble"
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{
"code": "he",
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"roman": "nir'á",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "נראה"
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{
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "lagnā",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "लगना"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dikhnā",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "दिखना"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "látszik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "tűnik"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "verðast"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "semblar"
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{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parer"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "taibhsigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "sembrare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "apparire"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...rashii",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "...らしい"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...-sō",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "...そう"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...yō-ni mieru",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "...ように見える"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "hak dooc cie",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ហាក់ដូចជា"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "boida",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "보이다"
},
{
"alt": "~in geot gatda",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "~인 것 같다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "dyare",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "دیارە"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "wa dyare",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "وا دیارە"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "videor"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izgleda",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "изгледа"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se čini",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "се чини"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ngia"
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{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "semblier"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "pathaître"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "synes"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "paréisser"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "þyncan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wydawać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wydać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zdawać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zdać się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parecer"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "rikch'ay"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "părea"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parair"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "pareir"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kazátʹsja",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "каза́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokazátʹsja",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "показа́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdavátʹsja",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сдава́ться"
},
{
"code": "sat",
"lang": "Santali",
"roman": "ñel",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ᱧᱮᱞ"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parrere"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parri"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parriri"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to appear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zdať sa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "zdeti se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "parecer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "förefalla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "verka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "tyckas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "synas"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "anipiñcu",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "అనిపించు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "doo mĕuan",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "ดูเหมือน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "görünmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "gözükmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zdavátysja",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "здава́тися"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "lagnā",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "لگنا"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "dikhānā",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "دکھایا"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "có vẻ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "hình như"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "dường như"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "jinön"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "lykje"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to appear",
"word": "asayen"
}
],
"word": "seem"
}
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