deed

See also 'deed

English

A deed of displacement (4).

Etymology

From Middle English dede, from Old English dēd, (West Saxon) dǣd (“deed, act”), from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz (“deed”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰēti- (“deed, action”). Cognate with Dutch daad (“deed, act”), German Tat (“deed, action”), Swedish dåd (“act, action”). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek θέσις (thesis, “setting, arrangement”). Related to do.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /diːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

deed (plural deeds)

1. An action or act; something that is done.

   I will punish whomever is responsible for this deed!

2. A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.

   The knight's deeds won the hearts of the people.

3. Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.

   I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed.

4. (law) A legal contract showing bond.

   I inherited the deed to the house.

Synonyms

• (action): act, action

Translations

action

Arabic: عمل (ʕámal) m. Armenian: արարք (hy) (arark’) Bulgarian: действие (bg) n., постъпка (bg) f. Catalan: fet m., acte m. Chinese: 行為, 行为 (xíngwéi) Czech: skutek (cs) m., čin (cs) m. Danish: dåd (da) Dutch: daad (nl) f. Esperanto: faro (eo) Ewe: dɔwɔwɔ Finnish: teko (fi), toimi (fi) French: haut fait m., acte m., action f. German: Tat (de) f., Akt (de) m. Hebrew: מעשה (ma'ase) m. Hungarian: tett (hu) Icelandic: dáð (is) f. Italian: fatto (it) m., gesto (it), gesta (it)

Japanese: 行為 (こうい, kōi) Korean: 행위 (haeng-wi) Kurdish: کار, کرده‌وه‌ Luxembourgish: Dot (lb) f. Macedonian: дело (mk) (délo) n., постапка (mk) (póstapka) f., подвиг (mk) (pódvig) m. Norwegian: dåd (no), gjerning (no) Persian: کردار (kerdâr), کار (kâr) Portuguese: ação (pt) f., feito (pt) m. Romanian: faptă (ro) Russian: поступок (ru) (postúpok) m. Scottish Gaelic: gnìomh (gd) m. Spanish: hecho (es) m., acto (es) m., acción (es) f., obra (es) f. Swedish: gärning (sv), dåd (sv) Telugu: చర్య (charya) Turkish: iş (tr), hareket (tr) West Frisian: died (fy) n.

legal contract

Arabic: وثيقة (waθí:qa) f. Bulgarian: акт (bg) m., документ (bg) m. Catalan: escriptura (ca) f., acta (ca) f. Dutch: oorkonde (nl) c., akte (nl) f. Finnish: asiakirja (fi) French: acte notarié m. Hungarian: oklevél (hu) Italian: atto notarile (it), contratto (it) m.

Macedonian: поседовен лист (mk) (posédoven list) m., тапија (mk) (tápija) f., договор (mk) (dógovor) m. Portuguese: ato (pt) m. Russian: акт (akt) m., документ (dokumént) m. Spanish: acta (es) f., escritura (es) f., título (es) m. Telugu: ఒప్పందం (oppandam) Turkish: vesika (tr), senet (tr)

Verb

deed (third-person singular simple present deeds, present participle deeding, simple past and past participle deeded)

1. (informal) To transfer real property by deed.

   He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /deːt/

Verb

deed

1. singular past indicative of doen.

Anagrams

• dede

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Middle English

Adjective

deed

1. dead (no longer alive)

Descendants

• English: dead

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Scots

Verb

deed

1. Past participle of dee
2. (South Scots) Past participle of dei