seem

/siːm/

意味: ～のように見える

例文: It seems Momo found the cake.
　　  モモがケーキを見つけたようだ。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: seem likely(ありそうに見える), seem happy(幸せそうに見える), seem important(重要そうに見える)

定義: 何かが見た目や感じでそうであるように思われることを表します。実際にそうであるかどうかはわからないが、そのように見える、または感じるという意味です。

seemは約8,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Verb: give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
Verb: seem to be true, probable, or apparent
Verb: appear to exist
Verb: appear to one’s own mind or opinion

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

It seems we’re lost.（どうやら道に迷ったようだ）
She seems tired today.（彼女は今日は疲れているようだ）
It seems that he knew.（彼は知っていたようだ）

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: She seems to be sleeping
Verb: This appears to be a very difficult problem
Verb: This project looks fishy
Verb: They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time
Verb: It seems that he is very gifted
Verb: It appears that the weather in California is very bad
Verb: There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now
Verb: I seem to be misunderstood by everyone
Verb: I can’t seem to learn these Chinese characters

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): appear, look, seem

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): appear, be

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, accept, account, account for, act, answer, appear, bake, balance, be well, beat, begin, belong, breathe, buy, clean, cohere, come in for, come in handy, compact, compare, confuse, connect, consist, contain, continue, cost, count, cover, cut, cut across, deck, depend, deserve, disagree, distribute, diverge, draw, end, fall, feel, figure, fit, gape, go, gravitate, hail, hang, head, hold, hoodoo, hum, impend, incarnate, iridesce, jumble, kill, lend, let go, lie, litter, loiter, look, lubricate, make, make sense, measure, mope, object, osculate, owe, pay, point, press, promise, prove, put out, rage, range, rank, rate, recognize, relate, remain, represent, rest, retard, run, run into, rut, seem, seethe, sell, shine, sparkle, specify, squat, stagnate, stand, stand by, stay, stick, stink, subtend, suck, suffer, suit, swim, swing, tend, test, total, translate, transplant, trim, underlie, want, wash, wind, work

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): come across, cut, feel, glitter, glow, leap out, loom, make, pass off, rise, seem, sound

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: apparent, appearance, look

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
stative verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検4級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: