seeming

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seeming

  • /ˈsiːmɪŋ/

Sounds like seaming, seming · Rhymes with -iːmɪŋ

Where it comes from

By surface analysis, seem + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of seem

adjective more seeming · most seeming

  1. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, and often opposed to, real or actual). seeming friendship

    Similar: apparent, ostensible

noun seemings

  1. countable, uncountable Outward appearance. My loue is strengthned though more weake in seeming I loue not lesse, thogh lesse the show appeare,
  2. countable, obsolete, uncountable Apprehension; judgement. Nothing more cleare vnto their seeming, then that a new Jerusalem being often spoken of in Scripture, they vndoubtedly were themselues that newe Ierusalem,

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ostensible, apparent, superficial, manifest, perceived, visible, reputed, overt, similar, evident, tantamount, virtual, pretending, pretend, bulk, akin

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adj apparent

Portuguêsaparente
Русскийка́жущийся kážuščijsja

noun outward appearance

日本語上辺 uwabe, 見せ掛け misekake

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BibTeX
@misc{seeming_2026,
  title = {seeming},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seeming},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}