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seem(2) (iou) and H1B (money)


seem(2) (iou)



seem verb. [si:m] ME.

a. verb trans. Suit, fit, befit, (a person, place, etc.); be appropriate or suitable that, to do. Freq. impers. with it. ME-E17.
b. verb intrans. Be appropriate, seemly, or fitting. (Foll. by for, to, with.) Usu. impers. with it. ME-E17.
verb intrans. (In some uses as copular verb.) Appear outwardly or superficially (but not be in reality). Also, give the impression or sensation of being, be perceived as; be apparently, appear so far as can be ascertained; (in weakened sense, freq. in questions) be. Foll. by to be, to do, that, as if, as though, as. Also impers. with it. ME.
F. Brooke Young women are not the angels they seem to be. M. C. Harris It seemed as if earth had..flowered into a paradise. V. Woolf A tendency to use the wrong words made her seem..incompetent. J. Steinbeck The whole body, without seeming to move, had moved. G. Markstein 'What seems to be the trouble?' asked the operator. A. Brookner Romantic heroes always seem to be wandering among ruins.
b. Imagine oneself, appear to oneself; colloq. do accidentally or for an unspecified or unknown reason (freq. with neg.). Foll. by to be, to do. M17.
Shelley I seem again to share thy smile. I. Baird He couldn't seem to get the boy out of his head. I. Murdoch Oh dear, I seem to have knocked over my water.
verb intrans. Be manifested, come to view, be seen. ME-L16.
verb intrans. Appear to exist or be present. Now poet. or rhet. exc. as in there seems. LME.
Law Times There seemed a..consensus of opinion that inventors were a nuisance.
verb trans. Think, believe, imagine (that, a thing); think fit to do. LME-E17.
Phrases: it seems, it would seem, (arch.) it should seem (in a hesitant, guarded, or ironical statement) it appears to be true or a fact, apparently, (foll. by that or parenthetically); see also senses 1, 2 above. seem good to arch. be the will or decision of, please (a person).
seemer noun a person making a pretence or show E17.

H1B (money)


Definition: Cheap but stable foreign labor used to supplement and displace American technology professionals.