# δοκέω/dokeō
This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action.

* This word can mean to think or suppose something.
    * Sometimes this word is used to talk about believing that something is true without knowing all of the facts.

* This word can mean to seem or appear.
    * Sometimes this word is used to talk about a situation in which something or someone appears to be a certain way.
    * Sometimes this word is used to talk about a situation in which something or someone appears to be important or influential.

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.