1. (

• look ,
• appear ,
• seem

) give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" ;

2. (

• appear ,
• seem ,

) seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad" ;

3. (

• seem

) appear to exist; "There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now" ;

4. (

• seem ,

) appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters" ;

1. (

• apparent ,
• ostensible ,
• seeming

) appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty" ;