deem

English

Etymology

From Middle English demen, from Old English dēman (“to judge, determine, reckon, decide, decree, sentence, condemn, assign, deem, consider, think, estimate, compute, examine, prove, doom, condemn, praise, glorify, tell, declare”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną (“to judge, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰē-, *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put, stell, lay”). Cognate with North Frisian dema (“to judge, recognise”), Dutch doemen (“to condemn, foredoom”), Danish dømme (“to judge”), Swedish döma (“to judge, sentence, condemn”), Russian Думать (dùmat, “I think, consider, judge”) and probably Albanian them (“I say, believe, deem”). Related to doom.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /diːm/, X-SAMPA: /di:m/
• Rhymes: -iːm

Verb

deem (third-person singular simple present deems, present participle deeming, simple past and past participle deemed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To judge; pass judgement on; sentence; doom.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To adjudge; decree.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To dispense (justice); administer (law).
4. (transitive) To think, judge, or hold as an opinion; decide or believe on consideration; suppose.
5. (transitive) To hold in belief or estimation; adjudge as a conclusion; regard as being; evaluate according to one's beliefs; account.

   She deemed his efforts insufficient.

6. (intransitive) To have or hold as a (personal) opinion; judge; think.

Synonyms

• judge
• consider; see also Wikisaurus:deem

Derived terms

• addeem
• deemer
• deemster, dempster
• fordeem
• foredeem
• misdeem

Translations

to evaluate according to one's beliefs

• Bulgarian: смятам (bg) (smjátam)
• Dutch: beschouwen (nl)
• German: halten (de), erachten (de)
• Italian: considerare (it), valutare (it), credere (it)
• Japanese: 見なす (ja) (minasu)

• Lithuanian: manyti (lt)
• Polish: uznać (pl)
• Portuguese: considerar (pt), estimar (pt)
• Slovak: uznať (sk), považovať (sk)

to hold as a personal opinion

• Bulgarian: смятам (bg) (smjátam), считам (bg) (sčítam), мисля (bg) (míslja)
• Dutch: vinden (nl)
• German: erachten (de), ansehen (de)
• Italian: considerare (it), ritenere (it)

• Lithuanian: manyti (lt)
• Polish: uznać (pl)
• Portuguese: considerar (pt)
• Slovak: považovať (sk)

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• Interlingua: estimar (ia)

• Spanish: estimar (es)

Noun

deem (plural deems)

1. An opinion; judgement; surmise.

Anagrams

• deme
• Mede
• meed

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German themu, demu, from Proto-Germanic *þammai.

Determiner

deem m and n (unstressed dem)

1. dative of deen
2. dative of dat

Declension

Luxembourgish definite articles
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nom./acc.	deen (den)	déi (d')	dat (d')	déi (d')
dative	deem (dem)	där (der)	deem (dem)	deen (den)

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Scots

Etymology

Scots form of English dame.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dim/

Noun

deem (plural deems)

1. woman, dame
2. maid (especially a kitchen maid)